Invisalign® treatment straightens teeth with a series of clear, removable aligners instead of brackets and wires. Here it is planned the way we plan everything else: from a comprehensive exam, and with your bite in mind.
Planned Around Your Bite
Straight teeth are only part of the result. Moving teeth changes how they meet, so Dr. Warga plans your alignment together with the function of your bite, the jaw joints and the muscles. Treatment begins with a comprehensive exam and a 3D digital impression of your teeth.
How Treatment Works
- Your aligners are made for you as a series. Each set moves your teeth a little further.
- You wear them 20 to 22 hours a day and take them out to eat, drink, brush and floss.
- You change to the next set every one to two weeks, as Dr. Warga directs, and we check your progress along the way.
- How long treatment takes depends on how far your teeth need to move and on how consistently you wear the aligners.
- When your teeth are in place, a retainer keeps them there.
Is Invisalign Right for You?
Clear aligners suit many adults and teens, but not every case. If your teeth are worn, chipped or already restored, alignment is often one step in a larger plan, before veneers or crowns. We will tell you plainly whether aligners, another approach or no treatment at all is right for you.
To find out whether Invisalign treatment is right for you, call or text us at (847) 441-6510.
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