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How to wear Invisalign

Dear Patient,

Congratulations! Your invisalign journey is on its way.

Here are some tips on how to maintain and wear Invisalign aligners correctly for effective and efficient treatment.

Top 10 Invisalign Tips to keep your treatment on the right track

  1. First 48 hours are the most crucial when wearing new aligners as your aligners are stiffest and hardest, ‘fresh’ from the pack!
  2. Aim for 20hrs of aligner wear DAILY or as prescribed by our Drs. 
  3. Do not skip aligners. Please follow the treatment sequence, even if new aligners do not feel tight when you wear them. 
  4. Remove aligners for meals to avoid aligner discoloration. Coffee, tea, curry, carrot juice, red wine etc. will stain aligners. 
  5. No super-hot drinks while wearing aligners to avoid softening them. 
  6. Put aligners back into the Invisalign box whenever you are not wearing them to prevent losing them.
  7. No wrapping of aligners in tissue paper! You will LOSE/ chuck them accidentally if you wrap aligners in tissue paper. 
  8. DO NOT smoke with your aligners on. This will stain the aligners BADLY.
  9. Chewies are great to ensure that the aligners sit well to move your teeth! Aim for no gaps between your teeth and aligners. Bite down and hold on Chewies for 2-3 seconds each time and ‘walk the chewies’ from Left to Right, Right to Left side of your mouth to ensure the aligners are properly seated.
  10. Please retain 3-5 PREVIOUS sets of aligners as a standby, in case your dentist instructs you to move backward during aligner treatment.
  11. If you lose an aligner set, quickly jump to the NEXT set (forwards) and wear it for twice as long as your regular aligner change to compensate for the missing set. Please alert us via WhatsApp or Dental Monitoring as soon as possible. DO NOT force the next set of aligner if it is too tight/uncomfortable. Instead, revert to the last best-fitting aligner and notify us immediately for assistance.

How to Put On or Remove My Aligners?

Putting on aligners

Center your aligners over your front teeth, then slowly press them down onto the biting surface of your teeth, moving towards your back teeth.

It is also okay to start with aligners on the back teeth; use your left hand, or wear the upper/lower first. Do what comes naturally to you. 

Tips on wearing aligners:

  1. Start with the side of your mouth that has the more difficult or crooked teeth first.
  2. Be careful of your inner cheek when wearing aligners on your back molars. Gently nudge your inner cheek away to prevent accidental catching of your inner cheek on the aligners.

Removing aligners

Feel for the inner corner of the aligner at your last tooth. Use your fingernail to pull it off towards your cheek in a letter ‘Ç’ action.

Is there a best time to Change My Aligners?

  • Not on the Dental Monitoring app? Then the best time to change to a new set of aligners is after dinner (remember to clean your teeth first).
  • This allows new aligners to sit undisturbed to move your teeth from after dinnertime all the way to the next morning.
  • When you upgrade to your next set of aligners, expect some tightness/ soreness but as you will be sleeping so will not feel this much.
  • If you are on Dental Monitoring (DM), wait for the DM app Notification before you ‘GO’ to the next aligner.

How Do I Clean My Aligners?

  • Brush your aligners twice daily with a toothbrush and a little bit of NON-ABRASIVE toothpaste.  An example of abrasive toothpaste is whitening toothpaste.
  • While brushing your aligners, please hold only one of the ‘legs’ of the aligner to avoid crushing your aligner.
  • Rinse your mouth after meals before wearing aligners.
  • Do not soak or wash your aligners with Dettol or other household cleaning products. These products are poisonous and may change aligner properties and stain them. 
  • Disinfect your aligners using Retainer Brite tablets three times a week.
  • DO NOT soak aligners in warm water, leave them in the sun or use a hair dryer on them!

Going for dental Extractions with invisalign?

It is OK to start wearing the aligners the next day after extractions, or at least at night to sleep for the next few days to prevent unwanted tooth movements.

Aim to start full-time aligner wear ASAP.

Please keep aligners and the teeth around the extraction site clean for good wound healing.

how to hide Extraction spaces with invisalign

 Tips on hiding the extraction spaces using Invisalign as a ‘container’:

  • Using unbleached, organic cotton to fill the aligner space where the tooth used to be. is a popular, CHEAP and safe choice. Replace as often as you need to. 
  • DIY Aligner Pontics! Available on Amazon as an alternative, DIY aligner pontics stays in the aligner longer than cotton wool!
  • At MyBracesClinic, we provide customized Aligner Pontic packages that are handmade in the clinic and applied individually to each missing space to hide them while neighboring teeth are moved into position. Talk to us to understand more. 
  • If you have a missing tooth or gap that will be replaced by an implant, bridge, or denture, the space will REMAIN the same size throughout treatment. Consider a customized TRANSFERABLE aligner pontic handmade at MyBracesClinic using color-matched composite resin. Please speak to us to learn more about this option. 

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Cheers always,
Dr Poon Kee Hwang & The Team at MyBracesClinic

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