How To Clean Invisalign Attachments

Clean the teeth to make sure there s no food or debris where we need to place the attachments.

How to clean invisalign attachments. This week was another milestone in my treatment as it was time to remove my invisalign attachments or buttons. To keep your aligners looking and smelling their best it is a good idea to at least once a day soak your aligners either in a denture cleaner or in invisalign cleaning crystals. The water should help loosen up any particles on the aligners. Clean the invisalign trays regularly. It s a simple painless 5 step procedure.

Invisalign attachments are little tooth colored dots made of composite filling material that are bonded to teeth to help the invisalign aligners move teeth. Yesterday i visited dr. Mi paste looks promising as a means to re mineralize the teeth. To clean your aligners remove them and rinse them off. Rinse the sterilizing solution off and brush with warm water.

You must clean the aligners regularly. Darryl tom s office for my 6 month dental cleaning xrays and check up. Run the invisalign under a steady stream of lukewarm water to rinse off any toothpaste and mouthwash. Allow the invisalign to dry on a clean towel before putting it back onto your teeth. Shampoo etch the tooth surface.

The attachments are tiny. The attachments are usually placed around the middle of the tooth serving as an anchor to make an aligner work more effectively. You can simply soak the trays in lukewarm water for 15 to 30 min. It contains among other things silicon dioxide and titanium dioxide. Once they are done soaking use an extra toothbrush not one you brush your teeth with it to brush off any caked on food or plaque.

I was curious about how they would clean my teeth with the invisalign attachments. I have now reached 30 34 on my first run of lower invisalign braces only 4 more to go and set 9 9 of my first run of invisalign refinements on my upper arch in other words the first run of my upper refinements are now finished. From what i gather it is generally not advised to use an abrasive toothpaste to clean the invisalign tray as it will scratch the plastic surface and hence. Rinse off the aligner. Then submerge them in clean water for a few hours.