I have Invisalign (express and top only) and read somewhere that you should wait 30 minutes after eating to brush and reinsert the liners. Is that true? Also, if I use ACT/fluoride mouthwash (total paranoid about cavities with liners), should I wait to insert the liners too? I tend to want to swish water a lot in my mouth when I have the aligners in, is that good or bad?
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I have had other patients inquire about this and I am also not a fan of plastics in general. However, in the years of using Invisalign as a safe and effective treatment with my patients, I have never had an adverse reaction to the material. It is factory-produced long chain polymer material...
While I generally advise avoiding dental procedures during the first trimester of pregnancy for a number of reasons including a higher incidence of morning sickness, there are really no contraindications to performing some basic Invisalign procedures like Interproximal reduction (IPR) which is a...
