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How many times a day can you remove Invisalign?
One of the biggest benefits of Invisalign, when compared to a traditional braces treatment, is that the Invisalign aligners can be easily removed.
This enables patients to have food without restrictions and makes it easier to maintain good oral hygiene.
Be that as it may, what occurs assuming you neglect to put your Invisalign back in? Or perhaps, you plan to skip a day out of convenience?
This blog highlights how missing a day of Invisalign can affect your treatment and your progress.
Turning over your progress
The greatest risk of missing any period of Invisalign use is that the teeth may shift back to an incorrect position. Invisalign aligners are planned to be worn for 22 to 23 hours out of the day. Any less than this, and you risk harming your progress.
The amount of progress you lose will vary by a patient– some will find their teeth shift more or less than others after missing some time with Invisalign.
Luckily, regardless of whether you miss a day, you can seek your treatment in the groove again.
Correcting your course of treatment
Invisalign is intended to fit flawlessly and easily on the teeth.After missing some time with Invisalign, simply re-insert your aligner. Assuming it fits with no issue, you’re all set.
If you find that it’s a challenge to put your aligner on, just remember not to force it! This will just damage the teeth and cause major inconvenience & discomfort.
If you can no longer fit in your current aligner, you may need to revert to your previous aligner.
This will hinder your progress by some weeks, but getting back on track quickly is vital in making up for the damage done by missing some days of Invisalign.
Schedule your appointment with a dentist today and get the treatment on time!