State-of-the-art teeth with Invisalign in London
These days, computer technology enhances almost every aspect of our lives, and that goes for our teeth as much as it does getting about in our cars with SatNav. Just like SatNav, computers can take a start point in our mouths and plot out a route that our teeth need to take to create a beautiful smile. It can be quite a journey, with landmarks along the way.
With Invisalign in London, this is exactly what happens. When you come to see Dr Graham Tinkler, he will take a highly detailed and accurate mould of your teeth. This is then turned into the starting point of a highly-accurate 3D virtual model of your teeth.
Dr Tinkler is a London Invisalign dentist with many years of experience and over 2,000 happy patients on his CV. Dr Tinkler can use his experience and skills to create a SatNav journey for your teeth on the computer. Starting with how they are right now, showing the intermediate stages they need to go through to end up beautifully aligned.
Each intermediate stage then becomes an Invisalgin aligner. These are
different from traditional ‘train-track’ bracket and wire systems fixed to the teeth. Invisalign instead uses very thin clear aligners which slip snugly over the teeth.
Each aligner is manufactured from very rigid thermoplastic resin only 0.3mm thick. The rigidity provides the carefully-gauged pressure each aligner needs to gently move the teeth. When the pressure stops, it is time for the next aligner.
It takes about two weeks to complete each stage of the process. And you can expect to have to go through between 12 and 48 stages, depending on your alignment plan. You normally take home a few stages of aligners at a time, returning to Dr Tinkler about every six weeks, so that he can carefully monitor your progress with Invisalign in London.
The aligners can be removed for eating and cleaning, but they need to be worn for at least 20 hours every day in order to keep to schedule. The incredibly thin resin of the aligners renders them almost invisible, and most people feel perfectly comfortable about wearing them in their day to day lives.