Why should you consider Invisalign?

A beautiful smile can be a major confidence booster. In this competitive and highly image-driven society, having a winning smile and exuding more confidence can give you the edge in your personal and professional life. In addition, crowded and overlapping teeth are very difficult to clean, which can lead to gum disease and premature tooth loss.

Worse yet, crooked teeth tend to get more crooked with age due to improper wear and poor contacts that they make with each other.

And finally, crowding causes some teeth to appear darker and some lighter because the forces are not evenly distributed. Our patients find it embarrassing to smile when they have a multicolored array of crooked teeth.

What is the treatment outcome of Invisalign?

The purpose of Invisalign treatment is to straighten the teeth and to bring out the natural beauty of a person’s smile. When the teeth are aligned, we can truly see their shape, size and color. In younger patients, we prevent the smile deterioration from misaligned teeth and bite. And if the years of improper wear show on the perfectly positioned teeth, we can recontour and/or whiten them to perfection. Invisalign spares you future extensive tooth cutting or a root canal as the final bite will be protective, instead of destructive.

Why should I choose Invisalign?

Traditionally, tooth straightening was accomplished with metal brackets and wires. They were affixed to the teeth for a period of several years. Other devices, such as hooks, springs, and elastics were attached onto the braced to move and turn each tooth into proper alignment.

Clear aligner technology has been available to patients for over 20 years and there have been over 5 million treatments done worldwide. The process involves wearing clear plastic trays shaped to fit your teeth precisely. Each tray applies a bit of force on selected teeth. Overall, the series of 10-30 trays can move all your teeth towards their ideal position in your jaws discretely and with minimum discomfort.

Can I tailor Invisalign to my needs?

Dr. Oxana highly recommends Invisalign to her patients in her Barrie dental clinic. She can customize each treatment plan to every patient’s individual need. To straighten just the front with Invisalign Express is much less time consuming and less costly than to fix a bad bite or to modify jaw growth in teen patients (Pediatric or Teen Invisalign). But even the most involved case takes less time than a typical fixed braces case. At Maplewood Dental, an average Invisalign treatment takes from 3 months to one year.

The most exciting aspect of this dental experience is being able to see the beauty of your true smile before starting the treatment. Align technology allows the dentist to put together a short movie of how the teeth will move into their ideal position biweekly over the course of treatment. It’s like a glimpse into the future of your smile!

I am unsure if I can tolerate Invisalign.

At Maplewood Dental, we receive lots of feedback about our patients’ experiences with Invisalign Barrie. People report that they get used to wearing the tray after a week and then it feels “weird” to not have the tray in the mouth. Also, each new tray feels a bit tight but the feeling fades shortly.

Most people go through the treatment without anyone noticing the trays on the teeth as they are almost completely invisible. Our patients are as young as 11 years old and there is no upper age limit. The younger patients have a modified version of Invisalign called Invisalign Teen.

I am not sure if I can afford Invisalign.

Dr. Oxana will be able to answer any of your questions about Invisalign Barrie service. She is a Certified Invisalign provider who has treated a wide range of cases. She will provide you with an assessment and a quote. The payments for this procedure are usually broken up into 10-12 months making it easier to afford the procedure. We are striving to make your treatment at Maplewood Dental in Barrie as affordable as possible and we will deal with your insurance company on your behalf. From estimates to monthly billing, we try to take the financial stress out of your treatment to allow you to focus on wearing your trays properly. Please, call us and visit our Facebook page to see pictures and reviews.