The Invisalign system is custom-made and fully adapted to your personal dental situation. The first few days you may experience a pressing sensation. The degree of sensitivity is different for each individual.

3D system
This gives us the opportunity to calculate the forces acting on your teeth very precisely and to dose them gently and effectively. With the accurate planning of the 3D system, unnecessary tooth movement is avoided from the outset and no unnecessary strain is placed on the teeth and periodontium or supporting tissue. This keeps sensitivity to a minimum.

Talking
As with any orthodontic treatment, it is possible that your pronunciation may change slightly (slurring). With Invisalign clear aligners, the extent of this change is usually so small that people around you won't even notice. The speech impairment generally disappears in a very short time due to the automatic habituation of your tongue, lip and cheek muscles.

Kleine activator die tegelijkertijd tijdens behandeling met een vastzittende beugel kan worden gebruikt. De beugel is door de Nederlandse orthodontist Bernard Akkerman ontworpen. De afkorting EVAA staat voor: Experimentele Vaste Apparatuur Activator.

Orthodontics practice Amsterdam is one of the first practices to offer fully impression-free ortho-treatments. An impression of your teeth ('bite') with conventional impression material is no longer necessary. The feared gag reflex and unpleasant aftertaste are things of the past.

CAD/CAM
In our practice, we have ultra-modern intra-oral scanners for making a 3D model of your teeth and for designing the treatment plan with the aid of CAD/CAM software. Within minutes, we can show you what your teeth might look like at the end of treatment. This modern technology enables us to inform you even better about the treatment process.

The Invisalign clear aligners are made of a thermoplastic material, so the risk of discoloration is relatively high. Drinking water gives no problems, carbonated (sparkling) water does not.

Discolouration
Eating and drinking all other coloured drinks like coffee, tea, red wine and fruit juices plus eating certain spices or colourings like curry and turmeric will discolour the aligners. The dyes go deep into the material, making the discolouration irreversible. A rule of thumb is to avoid eating anything that can cause a nasty stain on white clothes. You should also avoid leaving food between teeth and aligners. This promotes the development of white stains and caries. Hot liquids such as coffee or soup can deform your aligners, remove them temporarily.

Chewing gum
Chewing gum is not possible, because it can stick to the aligners.

Smoking
Smoking is also not good. On the one hand, the tar discolours the aligners and, on the other hand, nicotine affects the remodelling processes and blood flow in the periodontium (supporting tissue). This slows down the duration of the treatment.

Every time you wear the clear aligners, light forces work on your teeth and they are slowly moved into the desired position. If you do not wear the aligners, then these forces stop automatically. The movement of the teeth occurs through a biological remodeling process of the periodontium or supporting tissue of the teeth.

Cells
Two different types of cells, the osteoblasts and the osteoclasts, are involved in this process. The osteoclasts create space in the direction in which the tooth is moved and the osteoblasts then fill the space with new bone. For these cells to work at all, they need a stimulus. This stimulus is the pressure that is applied to the teeth by the aligner.

 22 hours a day
For optimal results, the clear aligners should ideally be worn at least 22 hours a day. This is the only way to ensure that both osteoblasts and osteoclasts work continuously. If they are worn for approximately 20 hours per day, the cells are not working at full capacity and the treatment period should be extended.

When worn less than 18 hours per day, it becomes critical. In many cases, the stimulus that triggers the cells to remodel is no longer sufficient and the treatment comes to a halt.

The Invisalign clear aligners are made of a thermoplastic material and are precisely tailored to your individual dental situation. This may lead to overloading of the individual aligner, especially in clients with pronounced dental corrections and large tilts of the teeth.

Overloaded
In combination with wearing and removing the aligners too often, the aligner material may become overloaded. In rare cases, this leads to the development of small cracks. These cracks usually have little effect on the functioning of the aligners, so you can continue to wear them normally.
Should the clear aligner still tear completely - which rarely happens - simply contact us. Our team will then advise you personally.

Aesthetic
An orthodontic treatment with Invisalign clear aligners is usually more expensive than a treatment with a fixed or removable brace. The aesthetic aspect also plays a role. Do you have no objection to wearing braces? Then choose a treatment with a fixed (lockable) brace. If you want to be (almost) invisible during the treatment period, choose Invisalign clear aligners.

Get good advice from the orthodontist and request a UO (Extensive Examination). It is often forgotten that orthodontic treatment is a medical procedure. In recent decades, braces have been worn more and more for cosmetic reasons. However, bone erosion, root absorption and tooth loss are among the factors that determine whether the orthodontist recommends an aligner or a retainer. During a UO, various 3-D scans and OPG pictures are taken. Accurate calculations are made via a computer. Ask in advance about the costs of a UO.