As an Invisalign® dentist in Denver, we get to work with the most advanced technological breakthrough there is in teeth straightening. Since the advent of Invisalign®, people everywhere have been able to get their teeth straightened without having to worry about the embarrassment of having a mouth full of metal. It is possibly because of this that 1 in 5 patients that come in for orthodontics treatments in clinics like your Invisalign® dentist in Denver, are adults. This is good news, because as a nation we have an incredible need for straighter teeth. Recent data shows that just over 1 in 3 Americans have teeth that would be naturally considered straight. With 35% of the population accounted for, that leaves 65% of the nation that suffers from some degree of malocclusion. Malocclusion is what dentists, including your Invisalign® dentist in Denver, call crooked teeth. Of this 65%, an entire 15% have such bad malocclusion that it affects their lives directly by causing them challenges with their social skills, eating, and speaking clearly. But these are not the only patients who could benefit from the revolutionary technology called Invisalign®.
Across the country 20% of people suffer from a misaligned bite, commonly broken into two categories, over-bite and under-bite. Your bite is the coming together of your top and bottom teeth when you bite down on something. Typically the teeth are supposed to be perfectly aligned when biting down, however for 1 in 5 people, the upper and lower teeth miss each other because one of them protrudes further out than the other. While this may not seem like a serious issue, it can lead to an irregular wearing down of teeth, cavities, and the face not being perfectly symmetrical. With an over 97% customer satisfaction rate, Invisalign® is the best way to treat people who are suffering from either malocclusion or misaligned bite. We know, however, that the biggest challenge for any Invisalign® dentist, including your own Invisalign® dentist in Denver, is to spread the word so that more people realize the transformative power of Invisalign®.
Many times when folks walk into our offices they have never heard of Invisalign®, or have been sent to us by their dentist and have many questions. The most important question people ask is: how does this treatment work? The answer to that question is relatively simple, since, like most game-changing technology, Invisalign® works on a fundamental concept. In fact, Invisalign® works using the same basic principle as braces. Both use pressure to gradually move the teeth out of the misaligned place that they are in, and realign them into where they should have been. This is where, however, the two technologies diverge. While braces use metal bands and posts to move the teeth, Invisalign® used a series of invisible aligners to move your teeth. These aligners are specially created for you in the laboratory at 2-week intervals. Each aligner gradually moves your teeth between .25mm and .30mm toward their correct positioning, all while being practically invisible to everyone around you.
