Does Invisalign Work for Older Patients?

Invisalign aligners can act as bleach trays to whiten teeth.  They can also do the same action to hold onto beverages consumed while wearing them.  Anything other than water will have a different pH and have other things such as acids that would break down tooth structure.

If you are in an active state of tooth movement with Invisalign and you go for a week without wearing your aligners, the answer is YES. Your teeth will shift if you don’t wear your aligners for a week. Invisalign aligners are supposed to be worn for 20 hours daily to receive the o...

Your Dr can do the filling then try in your aligner to make sure it fits. He can adjust the filling to match the aligner if he needs to so not to worry....

We prefer to have the aligners in for anything except eating or chewing gum, brushing and flossing of course. Please stop smoking, this may be the greatest time for you to give it up.  Good luck, you can do it.

Remember its all timed so if you stop now and start up in two weeks you will finish at least two weeks later. There are some treatments that can be done during and after that are covered by your Dr and invisalign that if you put off your treatment too long you will sometimes it will cost you...

Unless the sport requires a mouthguard it should be fine to wear your aligners.  They hold so well to the teeth that they are unlikely to come out if you fall or get bopped in the head.  But if your sport requires a mouthguard (football, wrestling, basketball) than just remove you...