{"id":204,"date":"2017-10-04T08:08:54","date_gmt":"2017-10-04T07:08:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theguildforddentist.com\/blog\/?p=204"},"modified":"2017-10-04T08:08:54","modified_gmt":"2017-10-04T07:08:54","slug":"brackets-or-aligners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theguildforddentist.com\/blog\/brackets-or-aligners\/","title":{"rendered":"Brackets or aligners?"},"content":{"rendered":"

In 21st<\/sup> century Guildford, at Farnham Road Dental Practice<\/strong>, orthodontics<\/a> has a variety of systems that can straighten teeth, each with its own virtues. It can be hard to know which to choose. Let\u2019s take a look at two of our most popular systems for adults who want simple misalignments corrected: Invisalign and Six Month Smiles.<\/p>\n

Invisalign<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"OrthodonticsThis is one of the big success stories of the digital age. Invisalign came into being at the start of the millennium thanks to a man who\u2019d just had his teeth straightened and was wearing his overnight removable retainer. He wondered if it would be possible to actually straighten teeth with retainer-like aligners that could be removed for eating and tooth cleaning. And, with the advent of 3D printing, there was suddenly a way to produce precision-made aligners for each patient. Fast forward to 2017 and over four million people across the globe have now had their teeth straightened with Invisalign.<\/p>\n

It takes between 12 and 48 aligners to move the teeth, each one an incremental step that doesn\u2019t quite fit, producing the pressure that nudges the teeth gently along to alignment. The aligners must be worn for at least 20 hours a day, so discipline is required for this straightening system. One pleasing bonus for many people is that because Invisalign aligners discolour easily, wearers can only drink water when they are in place, and so often find that by the end of treatment they have lost quite a bit of weight from having to cut out mindless snacking and coffees.<\/p>\n

Six Month Smiles<\/strong><\/p>\n

This system makes use of the tried and trusted bracket and wire system, but because the braces are making smaller corrections to the front teeth only, which have fewer roots than the back teeth, gentler forces are required.<\/p>\n

This means the brackets can be smaller, and also made of clear ceramic. The wires are thinner too and are made of tooth-coloured nickel titanium. The braces blend in with the teeth rather than dominating them. Six Month Smiles get the done job in an average of six months, and a retainer must be worn afterwards to keep the teeth in place.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In 21st century Guildford, at Farnham Road Dental Practice, orthodontics has a variety of systems that can straighten teeth, each with its own virtues. It can be hard to know which to choose. Let\u2019s take a look at two of our most popular systems for adults who want simple misalignments corrected: Invisalign and Six Month … Continue reading Brackets or aligners?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theguildforddentist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theguildforddentist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theguildforddentist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theguildforddentist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theguildforddentist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=204"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.theguildforddentist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":206,"href":"https:\/\/www.theguildforddentist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204\/revisions\/206"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theguildforddentist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theguildforddentist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theguildforddentist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}