Cosmetic Dentistry Toronto - Getting an Invisalign Dentist

The first step a Invisalign dentist will take when preparing the Invisalign treatment is to take dental impressions, photographs and x-rays of your teeth and then send them off to Align technology. Once the dental impressions are received by the Invisalign dentist there a computer creates a 3 dimensional model of your teeth by running the dental impressions through a ct scan. Invisalign dentists then individualize each of your teeth with the computer model and adjust them to their final position in your mouth as prescribed by your Invisalign dentist.

The custom Invisalign software then simulates the adjustments of the teeth in multiple stages, your Invisalign dentist will review that simulation using the same custom software and then approves or modifies the treatment stages as needed. Once the simulation has been approved, a plastic resin aligner is created for each of the different stages of the computers simulation; it is than shipped back to your Invisalign dentist.

The average treatment time of the procedure is usually about one year, this is all depending on the complexity of the treatment you may require. The more simple treatments like minor crowding and minor spacing may be as short as twenty weeks and is known as the "Invisalign Express" program. The Invisalign braces must be worn the recommended daily hours prescribed to you by your Invisalign dentist, not wearing your Invisalign brace consistently will increase treatment time.

Your Invisalign braces may also be adjusted during treatment by your Invisalign dentist to insure you are getting optimal positioning of your teeth. This is done by ordering the new adjustments and having a revised set of Invisalign braces shipped back, this is all done at no extra cost to you as it is included in the original cost of the treatment, this is called 'Refinement'.