Invisalign Treatment

1 00:00:06.714 --> 00:00:10.885 Invisalign treatment is clear aligner treatment 2 00:00:10.886 --> 00:00:18.385 where we use a software package actually to make tiny movements in your teeth 3 00:00:18.386 --> 00:00:21.771 and make trays after each tiny movement. 4 00:00:21.986 --> 00:00:24.585 Excellent candidates for Invisalign are 5 00:00:24.586 --> 00:00:29.856 patients who want their smile to change and they don't want it to show. 6 00:00:29.857 --> 00:00:33.513 There are two ways that we treat adults with Invisalign. 7 00:00:33.514 --> 00:00:39.142 One is the standard way and the other is an accelerated way. 8 00:00:39.143 --> 00:00:43.340 The first way is we find out what you're unhappy with. 9 00:00:43.370 --> 00:00:48.243 Sometimes I point out things that maybe you didn't know would enhance your smile, 10 00:00:48.244 --> 00:00:51.086 but since we're talking about it, I'll show you that. 11 00:00:51.843 --> 00:00:56.286 Then we show you, whenever possible, a trial smile. 12 00:00:56.287 --> 00:00:58.089 What would your teeth look like 13 00:00:58.090 --> 00:01:01.529 when they were all straightened out and where you would like them. 14 00:01:02.029 --> 00:01:06.600 At that point, we make all these movements in the software, 15 00:01:06.886 --> 00:01:11.729 generate the clear aligners, and you change aligners every two weeks. 16 00:01:12.757 --> 00:01:16.657 One way that we can accelerate Invisalign treatment, 17 00:01:16.829 --> 00:01:18.970 and this takes half the time, 18 00:01:18.971 --> 00:01:23.300 so if we work this up in Invisalign and your goals are going to be met in a year, 19 00:01:23.686 --> 00:01:26.014 we can make that happen in six months 20 00:01:26.229 --> 00:01:29.443 by using a little tiny instrument called a TAD. 21 00:01:29.814 --> 00:01:31.128 Very, very tiny. 22 00:01:31.129 --> 00:01:35.743 It just scratches the bone and that causes a big inflammatory response. 23 00:01:36.714 --> 00:01:39.813 I think it hurts a little bit for the first day or two, 24 00:01:39.814 --> 00:01:42.657 and then your teeth move in half the time. 25 00:01:42.771 --> 00:01:47.013 Invisalign treatment affects people's lives 26 00:01:47.014 --> 00:01:50.513 depending upon the degree of self-consciousness they feel 27 00:01:50.514 --> 00:01:52.471 about the way they look before. 28 00:01:53.014 --> 00:01:55.425 If something's really bothering you 29 00:01:55.426 --> 00:01:58.929 and we can resolve that issue with Invisalign, 30 00:01:59.229 --> 00:02:01.070 that's really a slam dunk. 31 00:02:01.071 --> 00:02:05.771 The other thing is oftentimes ortho can make your mouth 32 00:02:05.772 --> 00:02:09.386 much healthier and easier to clean, 33 00:02:09.600 --> 00:02:13.442 easier to distribute all the forces over all your teeth, 34 00:02:13.443 --> 00:02:15.843 so there's less wear and less fractures. 35 00:02:16.257 --> 00:02:20.871 It can be not only a psychological boost, but really a health boost. 36 00:02:21.200 --> 00:02:24.040 I love Invisalign, especially for adults, 37 00:02:24.041 --> 00:02:26.700 because they don't want their braces to show. 38 00:02:27.357 --> 00:02:29.771 There are some movements 39 00:02:29.786 --> 00:02:34.329 that are accomplished more reliably, though, with brackets and bands. 40 00:02:34.557 --> 00:02:36.114 We do that too. 41 00:02:36.530 --> 00:02:40.713 This office really is about customizing the plan 42 00:02:40.714 --> 00:02:44.629 and making it as palatable as possible for the individual.