Is the Procedure for Removing Invisalign Braces Different from Metal Braces?

Traditional brackets have tobe removed with pliers that snap off the bracket and can damage enamel due to the force needed. Invisalign attachments are made of composite so then can be easily polished off without ever touching the enamel..

The two are totally different. Metal braces have wires and brackets. With metal braces, the Dentist needs to remove every single bracket on each tooth and clean the remaining cement bonded or attached to the teeth. With Invisalign, after the last set of trays, you're set! All that needs to be done is to remove the attachments placed on the initial visit. Bottom line: Removal on Invisalign has less chair time than metal braces.

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Removing invisalign buttons is a simple as buffing and polishing the front of your teeth.   It is the same as removing brackets.  It is sage and does not harm the teeth in any way.

The procedure to remove the residual resin glue  for braces is identical to removing the resin from Invisalign attachments.  The procedure is safe and does not harm the teeth in either case.

Invisalign is not bonded to the teeth like fixed metal or ceramic brackets.  

Invisalign usually requires some small lumps of dental glue to be bonded to some of the teeth.  This is polished off by the orthodontist with a dental drill when treatment is complete.

Metal or ceramic brackets are removed with pressure applied to the bracket.  The residual dental glue on each tooth is then polished off by the orthodontist with a dental drill.

usually braces are glued to ever tooth, Invisalign only has attachments on certain teeth and sometimes no attachments at all so there is much less to remove with Invisalign.  That said, removing the attachment glue is similar to removing the glue used to hold the braces brackets

In the traditional sense.  Many cases have nothing at all bonded to any teeth, so there is nothing to remove.  Sometimes some resin is bonded to teeth to allow the aligners to work better, and this is easily polished off.  Traditional braces are bonded in place and the residual cement, after the brackets are removed, is easily polished off.  Neither process damages the teeth.