INVISALIGN CLEAR ALIGNER GUIDE l Dr. Melissa Bailey
Are you just getting started on clear aligner therapy? Get the expert advice and tips from a board certified orthodontist, Dr. Bailey.
👩🏻⚕️Dr. Bailey is a board certified orthodontist and co-founder of TrayMinder®.
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References:
Aspirin, acetaminophen, and ibuprofen: their effects on orthodontic tooth movement: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16979...
Unflavored sparkling water on enamel:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/a...
Disclaimer: This video is not intended to provide diagnosis, treatment, or medical/dental advice. Content provided on this KZhead channel is for informational purposes only. Please consult with an orthodontist or dentist regarding any dental related diagnosis or treatment options. Information on this KZhead channel should not be considered as a substitute for advice from a healthcare professional. The statements made about specific products throughout this video are not to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent disease.
I basically just got my aligners 3 days ago, and these videos are helpful, I learned new stuff, I’m still having lots of trouble removing them, specially the bottom one, and also, just prolonging the eating part, until necessary, LOL 8-27-2023
Thank you!
I watched the ENTIRE video and I'm so grateful for you. I wish you were my Dr.
Thank you for your kind words.
Dr. Bailey your videos are awesome 👏🏽 thank you 😊
Thank you :)
thank you D.r. Bailey .. and i like your effervescent personality .
I appreciate that!
Yes, please more on rubber bands.
Here it is: kzhead.info/sun/pNqFZrefjZGtemg/bejne.html
Very helpful..I'm soaking it all in
Great to hear. Thanks for sharing your feedback- it really helps others to find this channel.
Great video, I learned so many tips that I didn’t hear about from my own orthodontist, especially the bit about using Tylenol instead of Motrin. Thanks for educating us. Your dumpster diving made me laugh 😂😬
I’m glad to hear that it was helpful for you. Thanks for watching.
Thanks a lot!
You're welcome! Thanks for watching:)
Thank you Doc. Definitely want to learn more about rubber band and bite.
Rubber bands 101 video uploaded.
Thanks for this educational video. I am going to do get it done ✅ for my teeth 🦷.
Good luck with your treatment.
Vry nice video.. Plz make a video on braces replased case
Thank you for watching :)
Thank you so much for all of these great videos! I am 58 and just in my fourth aligner now. Very pleased with this system.... so much to know about this amazing system. Just want to give a shout-out to Invisalign brand floss.... the best floss out there. I use it almost after every meal.
Great to hear that the videos have been helpful for you and for sharing your floss recommendation. Your comment helps others to find this channel :)
just started the process today and im so glad i found ur channel. been looking like crazy for good info and so far this has been the best channel. so thank you:))
I’m glad to hear that the videos have been helpful. Good luck with your treatment.
Good for you....me too...just started this week
I agree. .
Really helpful videos. I am very pleased with my progress - its been over 1 year now!
Thank you! Orthodontic treatment is worthwhile because you’re investing in your self.
I which do have a year but I'm only have 3 weeks and new to all this so has been a bit hard to get just to it, I have to uses them for 21 weeks well my invisalings are up to 21.
Amazing and very informative. From my personal experience this is the most useful vedio regarding the instructions. I was searching youtube for such vedios for long time and this vedio is the best. I will advise everything single patient to watch this vedio if they want to have alginers. Once again, thank you and please yes I am looking for the elastic bands vedio 👍
Thank you for the kind words. I appreciate it. The rubber bands video is here: kzhead.info/sun/pNqFZrefjZGtemg/bejne.html
Yes please do a rubber bands video, that’ll be really helpful
Will do! For the time being, here’s a short video you can watch on rubber bands: m.kzhead.info/sun/orOdh66EmZuEfYE/bejne.html
The new rubber band video is out on KZhead. Thanks for suggesting it. kzhead.info/sun/pNqFZrefjZGtemg/bejne.html
Thank you for your videos. They have been very helpful. I am going for a consultation with the orthodontist Monday and these vidoes have helped. I am a middle aged lady and really don't want traditional braces so hopefully invisalign will be an option for me. I know this will be a little uncomfortable too but don't think I will be able to handle the metal wires. Will also give me an idea of questions to ask.
That’s great to hear. Good luck with your treatment and kudos to you for investing in yourself.
omg her name br Bailey it makes me think of Bailey from greys
i was thinking of the same thing LMFAO
04:55 💦 It cut out slightly. Just to confirm, *sparking water* is okay even though it has citric acid? That would be so cool! I’m on Day One (using your app too and love it!), and I can get my trays out, but *it takes me 5-10 minutes to get them to pop on.* 😆 I can’t find any tricks for this. Once in, they fit great, so it’s not that they’re a bad fit. I got Retainer Brite tablets, and maybe I was sent knock offs, because they have an awful chemical/formaldehyde smell. 🤢 I got a *sonic cleaner,* and I may just use that with a little hydrogen peroxide! Thank you soooo much for all the information you share with us!! 💕
Thanks for sharing your experience and for the kind words. Sparkling water is slightly acidic, especially if citric acid is added. If you’re very concerned about it, stick with just still water. Here’s a video you may find helpful: instagram.com/tv/CfKU76epwj6/?igshid=MDJmNzVkMjY=
Thank you Doctor! I am an Invisalign patient with about 5 months more to go on my last leg of my treatment with Invisalign I am only now wearing. Rubber bands starting today. Wow what an truly frustrating experience. After dabbling around You Tube I will take some tips I learned and applied them to me. You are extremely beautiful by the way and have a gorgeous smile 😊. I hope I have added one of many smiles throughout your day! I can’t wait until all of my treatment is done with! I am definitely going to celebrate afterwards.
That is so sweet of you to comment. Thank you for watching and sharing your experience.
Thank you so much. This is great information and I love the app! One question I have is will the constant brushing and flossing after each meal damage my enamel? Also is it normal to have teeth sensitivity (hot/cold) increase with invisalign?
Great question. Sometimes just rinsing with water is sufficient unless you ate sticky sweet foods or crackers. Brushing should be postponed for 30 minutes after consuming acidic foods.
Great video! Dr, do u do Invisalign go? And what’s your thought on that compared to Invisalign lite?
Thank you. I’m glad that you have found the videos to be helpful. I do not use either of the two products. I use the Invisalign full/comprehensive product because it allows for unlimited number of aligners to help with alignment and bite correction. As an orthodontic specialist (2-3 years of additional training in orthodontics after dental school), I do not use the Invisalign Go product, as it is tailored to general dentists. Invisalign lite is also a product that has a set limit of aligners allowed, which I find to be too limiting. At the end of the day, it depends on the amount of correction you need and how picky you are. Good luck with your treatment.
I just started my journey 2 days ago, and I stumbled upon your channel yesterday. I binge-watched your videos this afternoon, and they are super insightful. Thank you so much for all of your videos. I started using your app before I found your channel, and I found it helpful to track the hours I wear my aligner. I have a question. If my last meal ends at 3 pm, should I take out the aligner and brush my teeth and aligner before bedtime again?
Thanks for watching and for commenting. If you did not brush after your last meal at 3, then it’s a good idea to brush before bedtime. Good luck with your treatment:)
@@TrayMinder Insvisalign say on their website that you can wear the trays for 20-22 hrs per day. So is 20 hours a day wrong?
@@mlah7810 no. that is perfectly fine. youll get more & better results with 22+ hrs, but 20 is sufficient enough. i wear mine for 22-23 hrs a day! i eat one meal a day. still brush & floss my teeth 2x a day & i soak my aligners once a day as well.
Super useful video. I have a question about the water I can drink. Can I add either lemon juice or salt to it or would they harm my teeth? Thank you!
Salt is fine. Lemon, depending on how much you use, does have some acid in it, which isn't great for the enamel on our teeth. Trace amounts probably won't make a huge difference. Please ask your doctor to be sure.
@@TrayMinder thank you! :)
Great Video!! Thank you!!! What are your thoughts on changing trays weekly or every 2 weeks? Please can you do a video to educate. I’d like to ask my orthodontist to change my treatment to a weekly tray change. Thank you!
Thank you for the nice comment. The treating orthodontist will determine the complexity of the tooth movement, age of the patient, and other factors to determine the rate of aligner change. Certain ortho movement require more time to achieve, such as segmental distalization with the use of elastics as anchorage. I can definitely do a future video to discuss those factors in detail. Thanks for the suggestion.
As requested, a new video on “how quickly can clear aligners be changed” will be uploaded today. Thanks for the suggestion for the video content.
@@TrayMinder thank you very much! 🙂
@@TrayMinder I did not hear any of this information from my doctor. At the very least your site should be. strong ly. recommended. for viewing. Thank you!!
I know steroids can inhibit tooth movement. Will asthma preventatives or sulbutamol also effect it? What about proton pump inhibitors for reflux?
Hello thank you for your awesome videos I am on my second day of Invisalign and I am in pain and I will do some of the chewing exercises that you mentioned and your other videos I’m just wondering if limiting the times we remove the trays per day help to lessen pain when I remove them ? Yesterday I took them off three times to eat but today I decided to just only take them out twice just wondering if this would help with the pain and will improve my tracking thank you so much !
I’m glad to hear that the videos have been helpful for you. Yes, limiting the number of times you remove aligners will decrease the discomfort, at least for the first three days. You’ll likely start to feel better after three days. Good luck with your treatment.
Really useful video as I’m about to start my aligners journey☺️ Quick question - I have an overbite, will aligning my teeth inwards alter the structure of my face? Thank you!
Your soft tissue profile (position of lips on the side view) may change slightly or moderately depending how much retraction is planned. In general, extractions will produce the most significant change. Retraction of teeth with just elastics is negligible unless your upper incisors are severely flared.
I drink a lot of tea and herbal infusions( no sugar) do I have to brush after every cup?
Teas contain tannins, which can stain teeth. Getting into the habit of rinsing your teeth with water before replacing your trays is helpful.
Would you recommend CBD for pain? Would it have any effects on my teeth movement?
“The use of CBD in the dental field has been poorly studied and limited, and its effects in the treatment of oral diseases are not well known and reported.” scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5&q=CBd+dental+pain&btnG=#d=gs_qabs&u=%23p%3DMoSpf5pPQN4J
Where can I get the Chewie because I'm using envisaging and my doctor dd not mention anything about the Chewie but i want to do everything to success in this treatment I started to notice not a hole between my gaps, but the doctor mentions something else in the videos and I think i need the Chewie. I'm getting nervous and beyond because i don't want to take longer with this treatment because of the attachments that in my case and to me are really annoying. Doctor what you recommend me to do, I email my doctor, currently I'm in my three aligners and Thursdays I have to change it.
How come my orthodontist never gave me this much information? Loo
There’s certainty a lot of information huh? That’s why I decided to create this video for my own patients and for others who may benefit from it :)
Do you recommend paracetamol, or does it have a similar effect as ibuprofen?
Paracetamol, also known as acetaminophen, is not an NSAID.
My teeth is spacing and uncomfortable so getting the aligners is more important to me than what it looks like. Also my health going forward to be able to chew safely.
It’s great to invest in yourself. Good luck with your treatment.
Thank you so much for this very helpful video. I have 2 more questions : 1) You suggest to floss once a day. I would be more confortable to floss after each meal. Would it be ok to do so or would it be too much on my gum? 2) Should I use the cleaning tablets one a day? Thank you so much again.
Hi! You can floss more if you would like to. Just use a floss that grips the plaque and food and is gentle on your gums (nothing hurts more than floss snapping into gums!). Yes, you can use a new cleaning table daily or you can save the solution for up to 2-3 days. The generic tablets are quite inexpensive so using a new tablet isn’t a bad idea.
I floss after each meal
@@TrayMinder doctor what is the best floss out there, I'm new to invisaling, so I want to do everything to success on my treatment, thanks, doctor.
Hi again 😊.....I just have a fast question.....are the first three liners like a placebo?
No, usually the first three aligners are active.
@@TrayMinder Ok....I was just curious....thank you
Is it normal for the Invisalign retainers to make my jaw pop? I just started this week and I wake up in the morning with my jaw getting locked and pop when I move it
Most of the time I do not feel any pain at all. Wondering if they are still doing their job 🤷♀️
You just may be lucky. Take teethies (teeth selfies) with the TrayMinder app to track your progress.
What about diluted Hydro Peroxide to clean and whiten Aligners? Thk you! 😀👍
That's a great idea, as many aligner cleaning products have hydrogen peroxide as an active ingredient to whiten and to kill germs.
Don't you have to wait 30 min after eating to brush your teeth? Wouldn't that cut into the 2 hours of free aligner time? Doubling the time the trays can't be on your mouth since you have to brush and floss before putting them back in?
I have a lot of crowding and they want me to take out 4 teeth should I get Invisalign
Some orthodontist prefer braces for extraction cases while others treat extractions with clear aligners. It depends on your specific case and your doctor’s philosophy.
Hi, I just have one question. Isn’t it bad to brush your teeth every time after you ate something?
Yes, especially if you just consumed acidic foods. Use your best judgement. Sometime just a rinse with water is sufficient. Please check with your dental provider for their recommendations.
How long after you eat should you wait to brush your teeth? I read if you do it immediately it can cause some problems. Should I wait 15 minutes after?
Wait 30 minutes to brush after acidic foods (ie orange juice, etc). Okay to rinse with water.
@@TrayMinder ooh!!! Didn't know that....thanks
How do I get less saliva in my trays?
Some people temporarily produce more saliva at the beginning of treatment. Things normalize with time.
I have to say I stepped into this treatment quite naiv and I didnt get any proper Information. Seems I am gettin IPR and attachments. Pretty much concerned about that. Also that your gums will disappear.i am in my 40's and I am quite concered that lots of my roots will show. Can you tell me how risky this whole treatment is? I am thinking of ending it really? And just in case you wonder. I got some information... just turns out theres nothing that would help me.
Talk about your risks and benefits with your orthodontist to get the information you need to move forward. Also, your orthodontist would put you in touch with a gum specialist (periodontist) if you’re at risk. Good luck.
I am getting Invisalign in 1 week. Since trays should be worn 22 hrs a day, I am concerned about time for brushing teeth. Since our teeth are demineralized straight after eating, we should wait for about 20 minutes to brush them, what do you suggest in this case? There is not much time left for waiting for so long after meals since the meals themselves take quite a significant time already. Thank you so much!
Great point. If you eat or drink acidic foods, it’s best to wait 30 minutes before brushing. You can always opt to rinse with plain water or water with baking soda in lieu of brushing and then wear your aligners. Of course, if you ate sweet sticky foods, it’s best to rinse and brush.
@@TrayMinder Thanks a lot! Your response and also your all videos are very helpful!💕
@@TrayMinder wow I'm learning so much
What happens if you break your attachments v
Call your office and ask what they advise. Usually they will reattach at your next appointment.
@@TrayMinder my next appointment is not until I finish 43 trays
cleaning aligners with non alcoholic mouthwash?
Retainer Brite is a good option.
I just started Invisalign and I bought some efferent to clean my aligners, the denture tablets turns the water blue and I was wondering if that’s okay? I was scared that it might stain the aligners.
You can always try it on an old aligner and see if there are color changes.
How did you make out? Did it stain the liners? I just brought some today 🤦🏾♀️
Ummm, I forgot to say, that I’m 57 yo, it was overdue