{"id":315,"date":"2021-07-19T09:39:09","date_gmt":"2021-07-19T08:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clearbraces-direct.co.uk\/blog\/?p=315"},"modified":"2021-07-19T09:39:10","modified_gmt":"2021-07-19T08:39:10","slug":"what-is-it-like-to-have-clear-aligners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clearbraces-direct.co.uk\/blog\/what-is-it-like-to-have-clear-aligners\/","title":{"rendered":"What is it like to have clear aligners?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

At\nClear Braces Direct London<\/a>,\nwe\u2019ve guided nearly 6000 people through the aligner treatment process, and\ntherefore we know quite a bit about the treatment. So what’s it really like to\nlive with a clear aligner?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Clear aligners from Clear Braces\nDirect London<\/strong> are\nsome of the UK\u2019s top orthodontic tools and can only really be compared to the\nreach of traditional braces in their widespread popularity. Not that you notice\nclear aligners; patients can go out by day without a second look from those\naround them, therefore it is understandable how iconic they have become through\ntheir subtlety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But the popularity of these aligners is due to\nmore than just appearance. For instance, the fitting of an orthodontic brace\ncan take more than an hour, whereas the fitting process for a clear aligner is\nmore like being measured for a tailored suit. The priority is to take the most\naccurate possible measurements of a patient\u2019s teeth; we found the best way to\ndo this is with an intraoral scanner. This device makes a 3D model of your\nmouth from the inside far less invasive and a lot more comfortable than dental\nmoulds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Living with and using clear aligners every day<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the better things about clear aligners\nover the standard metal brace is their greater degree of flexibility for the\nwearer. You can remove your aligner at any time, unlike a fixed brace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From a medical perspective, aligners are\ndefinitely a double-edged sword, as the responsibility of continuing treatment\nis entirely placed on the patient rather than on the orthodontist at the\nclinic. Aligners are only effective if they are being worn 20-22 hours per day;\nthis is considered the minimum use in order to maintain the treatment schedule.\nRemoving aligners for extensive periods will not only slow down the overall\ntreatment time, but could also result in having to restart treatment from the\nbeginning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is very much a case of commitment,\nThankfully aligners are very comfortable to wear and rarely create an issue for\npatients, who often forget they’re wearing them at all. Being completely\ntransparent, the patient can see the changing tooth position, reassuring them\nas to how effective the treatment is and helping them to remain motivated and\nwearing their aligners. This is not the case with traditional braces which\nobscure the progress of realignment until they are removed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Damage to aligners and accidents<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In everyday life, accidents happen and it is\nlikely that any orthodontic brace will take a few knocks on the way;\ntraditional braces are designed to be hardy in order to survive the entire\ntreatment schedule. Each aligner is only meant to function for 2 weeks and\nworks in sequence with many others. This allows them to be thin and more\ncomfortable. Unfortunately this also makes them easy to break; if you attempt\nto eat with them in or wash them in hot water, they can become irreversibly\ndamaged. We at Clear Braces Direct London<\/strong> can rapidly\nreplace damaged aligners in less than a week in order to minimise any delay in\nthe treatment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

At Clear Braces Direct London, we\u2019ve guided nearly 6000 people through the aligner treatment process, and therefore we know quite a bit about the treatment. So what’s it really like to live with a clear aligner? Clear aligners from Clear Braces Direct London are some of the UK\u2019s top orthodontic tools and can only really … Continue reading What is it like to have clear aligners?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-315","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-clear-braces-direct"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clearbraces-direct.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clearbraces-direct.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clearbraces-direct.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clearbraces-direct.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clearbraces-direct.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=315"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.clearbraces-direct.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":317,"href":"https:\/\/www.clearbraces-direct.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315\/revisions\/317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clearbraces-direct.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clearbraces-direct.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clearbraces-direct.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}