Is Invisalign Right for You?
EAGAN, ST. PAUL AND MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA – Invisalign continues to grow in popularity as more youth seek aesthetic options and more adults consider treatment once they realize they may not have to wear those traditional metal brackets and wires.
But how do you know if Invisalign- the system of clear plastic aligners that gradually guide teeth into proper alignment- is right for you?
Dr. Jennifer Eisenhuth often treats patients at her Eagan and Inver Grove Heights orthodontics with Invisalign if it is determined that their particular case is conducive to this form of treatment.
Determining whether Invisalign is a viable treatment option can be accomplished through an orthodontic evaluation, says Eisenhuth, an Eagan and Inver Grove Heights orthodontist.
“Invisalign is a great product for many patients,” Eisenhuth says. “However, there are some limitations to it.”
Invisalign tends to be a great option for patients with minor crowding and/or spacing issues that they want corrected, says Eisenhuth, who is an Inver Grove Heights Invisalign provider. It can be used to treat crossbite, which is a condition in which the upper and lower jaws are not properly aligned, and mild overjet- where the upper teeth bite over the lower teeth as a result of an overdevelopment of the bone that supports the teeth, poor oral habits or genetics.
There are some orthodontic cases that are best treated with braces because braces give the orthodontist more control when correcting bite issues, says the Inver Grove Heights braces specialist. Those include complex extrusions and severe derotations of cylindrical teeth. In cases where teeth have been extracted, Invisalign isn’t as effective at closing the spaces left behind as other orthodontic treatments.
With that said, it is important to note that Invisalign continues to evolve and improve to treat a wider variety of orthodontic cases, Eisenhuth says.
In October 2010, Align Technology, the makers of Invisalign, introduced Invisalign G3, which created more effective Invisalign treatment methods for Class II and Class III malocclusion. Correcting these types of malocclusion often necessitates the use of elastics for anchorage control, says the Inver Grove Heights invisible braces provider. The advent of G3 has enabled orthodontists to order precision cuts in patients’ aligners so elastics can be more easily used in conjunction with the aligners.
G3 features also include SmartForce features such as Optimized Attachments, which are designed to better predict certain tooth movements; the Power Ridge for lower anteriors; the Lingual Power Ridge for upper anteriors; and the Optimized Rotation Attachment for bicuspids.
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