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Invisalign attatchments are totally tooth colored and made out of the same material used in white fillings. They are placed on the outside of the tooth and do not dmage the tooth at all . When completed with the Invisalign treatment, they are simply removed by gently shaving them off and polishing the tooth. The staining risk is no different then when placing a white filling which is minimal with current composite (white) filling materials. The danger with staining the tooth from traditional brackets comes from the difficulty cleaning around them for the patient whereas with Invisalin the trays are removed daily for easy cleaning.
The buttons are bonded very similar to the way fillings are placed or brackets are bonded on your teeth. An acid etch is applies to your teeth, followed by a bonding agent and then a composite resin is used for the buttons. To remove them they are simply buffed off and polished. If they do stain they can easily be smoothed to remove any of the staining.
Similar to bonding brackets for wire ortho or bonding in fillings, the buttons are done in the same fashion. Resin used for fillings are used as buttons and are tooth colored. When removed, the teeth get polished and cleaned, so if any staining happens it is minimal. The same risk exists for the brackets for traditional ortho, but the buttons are easier to clean. I personally have not witnessed any staining.
In my office when I complete an invisalign case I usually recommend that my patients where the retainers as often as possible to allow the teeth to settle. After the first few months night time only wearing is required for as long as you do not want the teeth to move back to where they...
Invisalign is always progressing and doing more and more things that traditional braces can do. We can expand the arch and uncrowd without IPR but sometimes we will need to do some very minimal IPR to get the perfect result. When we do slenderize the teeth we take such a small amount...
Your invisalign trays must be worn for at least 22 hours/day. If you don't you will compromise the result. The invisalign trays place a calculated amount of force/ stress along the entire tooth and tooth root. Altering the amount of forces constantly around a tooth will not...
