After the realignment of teeth with the treatment of Invisalign aligners, the next phase of treatment is “retention phase”.
Wearing retainers after the completion of entire process of wearing Invisalign aligners is as much important as your dental treatment of your teeth itself. Undoubtedly, if you will not put on the retainer on your teeth as per the dentist instructions then it is very much possible and even probable that the teeth will start on to move.
The main features of these retainers are they can be used moreover by the patients of Invisalign and also by those patients who go after the treatment with some other braces. These retainers are made by either exactly as the last aligners of patient or may be shaped from a latest mould of the teeth of the patients. At the particular interval 4 set of retainers are created because retainers start to change its shape after a long phase of time allowing teeth to give a bit of setback. And by using fresh retainers after usual interval will avoid this trouble.
The Invisalign retainers are they are easily removable. It means that patients can remove it at the eating, brushing and flossing their teeth. These retainers are made up of clear plastic just as same as the Invisalign aligners which is transparent and make people unable to recognize that you are wearing a retainer. The figure and width of these retainers are very much alike to the Invisalign aligners, and that’s why patients feel comfortable to wear & speak with this. If you will compare it to traditional metal retainers, they are visible because they are made by the wire of steel which runs from corner to corner at the front teeth of the patient. Difficulties in speaking can also occur at least in initial stage because of the width of the plastic.
Invisalign retainer is important if the patients want to keep their teeth in their right positions. Because teeth don’t want to stay at their new positions, so wearing a retainer is the only choice to keep them at their new locations. In first 2 months you have to wear a retainer for whole time. And after this you can wear them at night time only. The cost of this retainer is only $400.