Significance of Invisalign Braces Cape Town

by Roy DeVilliers Orthodontist in South Africa

Nobody likes braces whether it's a child or an adult. The need for braces in Cape Town becomes important in some cases, but it is the most annoying thing to have. Neither a child likes to have a brace on nor an adult. The fear of having a mouth full of metals is something that mostly overcomes the desire of having straight teeth.

Invisalign Cape Town is a method of straitening of teeth but the advantage here is that it is not visible to others. But the question that strikes our mind is whether it is good for children or adults? Let's first have a look at the advantages of the Invisalign braces then we will automatically conclude the answer to this question.

Invisalign Treatment Cost

DR DE Villiers Orthodontist Cape Town has a highly experienced dentist team for treating the patients with the best Invisalign system for straightening teeth.

Benefits of Invisalign Braces

There are many benefits of Invisalign braces. A few of them are as follows -

Virtually Invisible

The biggest problem that a person faces regarding metal braces is that they are easily noticeable. And nobody wants to look weird because of it. The reason because of which the Invisalign braces are in high demand is the fact that they get attached to the wearer's teeth with the help of clear plastic. This plastic is molded to fit into the shape of your teeth perfectly.

This is a thing which is of more concern here because most teenagers don't like anything like braces as this can bring them a lot of hate or embarrassment. Adults, don't feel much in this way as they are now grown-ups and are also mature to understand such things. But after all, if you get something invisible for such a case, why don't you go for it.

Removable

Another advantage of Invisalign braces is that they can be quickly removed when required. This also allows people to eat things like apples and nuts, which are prohibited for the people who wear metal braces.

Removing your braces at the time of brushing your teeth will also enhance oral hygiene. On the other hand, it is quite difficult to maintain a superior level of oral hygiene in the case of metal braces because you cannot remove them as per your needs.

Well, this is also something that is a negative point in the case of Invisalign braces. If people can remove it easily and thus do it more often than this can lead to increasing the time that will be needed for your teeth to get straightened.

Children and teenagers in such cases can remove their braces before going to school or college and will wear them back once they are back home. But performing this is not advised because this will let most of your day be passed without wearing the braces and this is going to change the overall time needed to improve. One more important thing is that in the case of children, removing the braces and wearing them again increases the probability of the braces being lost.

Although Invisalign braces Cape Town are a good option for both adults and children, it is somehow more suited for adults. The reason for this could be because adults are not going to remove their braces for a very long time and mostly tries to wear them most of the time. Also, the chances of losing them are less in the case of adults.

How do Invisalign braces work?

They also work in the same manner as the other metal braces do. They shift the teeth into place in a much tender manner. It's just that this method does the same thing as metal braces in a more modern and less invasive way. They are also called aligners.

These are made up of (almost) invisible plastic that aligns your teeth and thus saves you from getting into bigger problems in near future. Also, they don't have any metal brackets or hardened wires. The Invisalign method is far easier to wear than the old and traditional braces.

The period for which the patients are required to wear each set of the aligners is around 15 days. On the other hand, in the case of traditional braces, this time is about 2 to 3 years.

Another good thing about the method is that the patient is allowed to have any food of his or her choice. There are no limited diet restrictions like it was there with the case of traditional metal braces. This one is a really big relief for the patients.

The patients are required to change the aligners after every two weeks or after 15 days. Thus, they are also required to meet their dentist in every six weeks for checkups. The dentist will take pictures of their teeth to ensure that the process is going as they have planned and the improvement is taking place as per the plan.

There is no fixed time about the time that a person will have to spend wearing the braces. In some cases, like with the case of teenagers, the period of wearing Invisalign braces will be the same as the time taken by traditional braces. But, still, the Invisalign Cape Town is a good choice because at least it will not look that ugly.

While when it comes to the time that an adult will require than also the time is not sure but it would usually take around a year or so to correct the already present issues.

As these are the braces that can easily be removed off by the patient as and when they need to do so, thus, it will maximize the time. To get the maximum of the results in the minimum time, a patient is recommended to use or wear the aligners for up to 22 hours in a single day.