Can I drink clear sugar free sodas with invisalign?

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I just got my invisialign this week. Compared to the metal braces I had as a teenager, these are super easy, comfortable, and damn near impossible to see. My only gripe is that it's a pain to pop them in and out just to drink a diet red bull on my way to work in the morning, etc. Aside from being a pain I hate to be seen drooling and reaching into my mouth. So can I get away with an occasional clear sugar free drink or should I just take them out?

Luke Cronin, BDSc · Answer

Sugar is only one component to consider when determining if a drink is safe for your teeth. Sodas, juices and particularly energy drinks are very high in citric acid. This acid is well known to erode/strip the protective layer of your teeth the enamel. If such beverages are taken with the aligners in, you will expose your teeth to a prolonged period of acid uptake resulting in enamel weakening and this could initiate the decay process. I only recommend water when aligners are in.Goodluck!

Kenneth A. Barton, DDS · Answer

in my practice i allow all of my invisalign patients to drink all hot and cold beverages. my sole instruction , is that if they drink any colored beverage, that they immediately rinse with water, and either swallow or spit it out

Leonard Tau, DMD · Answer

You should be wearing your invisalign trays for 22 hours, you take them out to eat, floss, brush and DRINK ANYTHING BUT WATER.  Clear sugar free sodas are not water.  Take them out

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