After any meal or snack, you must brush and floss before putting the aligners back in. Otherwise, bacteria, plaque, and food can get into your trays, trapping this next to your teeth and gums where they can cause damage. Talk to your dentist about the best ways to keep your aligner trays clean. Most people will start wearing a new set of aligners every two weeks.
Once again, within the first day or two, you may notice a little discomfort as you get used to the new aligner trays. You should only take them out to eat, brush your teeth, or for other short periods as necessary. Weeks One and Two with Invisalign Treatment During that first week of Invisalign treatment, expect your aligners to be very snug. If you commonly experience Invisalign pain after changing your aligners, you can take an over the counter painkiller prior to changing the aligner to help prevent the pain from happening at all.
Orajel is a topical pain killer that can be applied directly to your teeth or gums where you are experiencing pain or soreness. It will temporarily numb the area. Make sure to take out your aligners so you can apply the Orajel directly to the painful area. When you insert your aligners, make sure they are snapped into place and pushed in completely. An improperly seated aligner may cause pain because it is pulling your teeth into the wrong position. Invisalign should be worn for 22 hours a day.
You should only take them out to eat, drink, or brush your teeth. Some people have said that they experienced less pain by wearing their aligners a little longer and reducing how often they removed them.
If you accidentally leave your aligners out for too long and then put them back in, they may fit more snugly because your teeth have adjusted.
This can be a cause of Invisalign pain while your teeth readjust to the aligners. When it is time to start new aligners, insert them a few hours before bed instead of in the morning. This will give your teeth time to become accustomed to their new position while you sleep.
Your aligner trays are designed to be changed on a specific schedule. This is tailored to you with the intention of minimizing pain while still achieving straightened teeth. Occasionally, Invisalign can cause mouth sores if they are rubbing against your gums or tongue. They all have the same job to do, and that is to move your teeth and their roots into new positions. The initial set of Invisalign aligners will be the toughest wave to crest.
Since each set of aligners is worn for about two weeks, you can expect to have some discomfort again when you start the next set and so on. Keep in mind that this is all new to you. You are not used to housing something in your mouth for 20 to 22 hours a day. If you don't have your Invisalign case on you when the desire to eat or drink strikes, then you're pretty much S. Sure, you can wrap them in a napkin or something like that, but do you REALLY want those expensive little trays exposed to the elements?
I sure don't! Plus they look kinda gross just sitting there covered in slobber. I can't tell you how many times I've seen something I wanted to eat, realized I didn't have my case with me, gone looking for it, finally found it, walked back, and FINALLY taken out my Invisalign when I could've been happily eating that entire time. As a result, I've learned to take my Invisalign case everywhere with me, and I get pretty anxious if it's not around. One of the top three phrases I say on any given day is: "Where's my Invisalign case?
You bite down on them and the sheer force of your bite is meant to help the trays fit better and properly hug your teeth. My orthodontists have given me differing feedback on how often I should use them. One said they're only necessary the first few days after putting in a new set of trays, while the other told me to use them every day, every time I put the trays back in my mouth.
I've taken to doing the latter because I think it gives me better results, but it's still pretty annoying. I've had a handful of close calls where I nearly choked on a chewy and had to spit it out in a panic. By far the largest and most devastating adjustment I've had to make having Invisalign is that I can't just "take a bite" of anything anymore.
Before, if someone asked if I wanted some of their doughnut or I randomly felt like crunching on some chips, I could do that!!! Which is so nuts to me because if someone asks me if I want a bite of something now , I need to have a whole conversation with myself where I ask if that Hot Cheeto is worth me taking out my rubber bands, taking out my trays, taking a bite, swishing my mouth with water, possibly brushing my teeth, rinsing out my trays, putting them back in, and snapping my rubber bands back on.
And that's why the phrase I say even more than, "Where's my Invisalign case? It's highly recommended that you don't drink anything other than water when you have your Invisalign in, especially coffee, beer, and sugary beverages like juice and wine. This is because the darker liquids can SUPER stain your teeth, and the sugary stuff can sit in your trays and completely rot your teeth. The one caveat my orthos allow is that if I must drink these things while wearing my Invisalign, I can drink them through a straw.
One of Invisalign's main selling points is that it offers a lot more freedom that braces in terms of what you can eat. You can have caramel! You can have apples! All you have to do is take out your trays! I'm not here to tell you that's false, but I'm not here to tell you that it's true, either. In my two years wearing these little plastic trays or "Invizzies," as I sometimes like to call them , there are definitely foods I've learned to avoid. For example, I don't really eat super chewy foods like caramel, gummy candies, energy bars, etc.
Because those foods get hella stuck in your teeth and if you don't get them out before putting your trays back in, they'll damage your teeth. So I've all but given up on soft, chewy foods except on special occasions.
So long, RX Bars!! As I mentioned before, you're expected to wear your Invisalign all day every day. You also need to take them out whenever you're eating or drinking.
I've had to navigate many food festivals and nights out where my internal monologue looked a lot like this:.
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