Braces no longer need to be painful, visually unappealing or worn all day long. Clear braces (also called clear aligners) are becoming a popular choice for teeth straightening, especially amongst adults. The global clear braces market is expected to be approximately $7.6B (in U.S. dollars) by 2027.
If you are interested in using clear braces to straighten your teeth, consider these points as you decide which option is best for your given situation.
Hours Work per Day
In considering your options for clear braces, there are day braces and night braces. Clear braces worn during the day require a 22-hour window of wear. Braces worn at night call for a 10-hour window of wear while in bed.
Though there is a significant difference in their daily hours of wear, braces worn during the day or at night give the same results. However, because clear braces worn only at night are worn for a significantly less amount of time in 24 hours, you will generally start seeing results three months later than day-wear braces at approximately nine months of consistent wear.
Oral Care and Oral Health
A well-known challenge of wearing braces is keeping them and your teeth clean. Clear braces, in general, make oral hygiene easier for the wearer. Additionally, having clear braces worn only at night dramatically improves your ability to keep your teeth and braces clean.
When wearing clear day braces, you must take out the braces before eating. To maintain good oral hygiene, you must brush your teeth before putting them back in your mouth after eating. This is a new practice that will need to be added to your day and requires a high level of consistency to ensure your oral health does not suffer.
You brush your teeth as you normally would before bed with night-wear clear braces. Then you wear the braces for the prescribed 10-hour period, which includes your time spent sleeping. There are no new oral hygiene practices to add to your day to maintain your current oral health.
Many people will also find that they can avoid the teeth-staining issue that is common with the long-term wear of braces with the nightwear option. This is especially beneficial for those who want to maintain the brilliance of their smile during the period of wearing their braces.
Effects on Lifestyle
Lifestyle factors associated with clear braces are a critical consideration, not only to maintain your current quality of life but also to support your ability to wear your braces for the prescribed amount of time each day.
Active individuals, and those who have frequent work lunches or lead presentations or speak to large groups of people regularly as part of their profession, tend to find it hardest to incorporate day braces into their lives. These individuals are likely to see less intrusion into their lifestyle and better compliance in wearing their braces for the prescribed hours daily with clear braces worn at night.
Clear braces are worn at night and allow you to straighten your teeth privately. No one will know about your decision to wear braces unless you tell them.
The hours worn each day, oral hygiene and the effects on your lifestyle are important considerations when deciding on the type of clear braces to invest in. Adults, in particular, are most affected by their choice because of their daily professional and social lives.
Clear braces worn at night are a great way to straighten your teeth without many of the downsides associated with braces. They also are a great way to get accurate results and have no one ever know that you wear braces!
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