Invisalign Aftercare: Tips to Maintain Your New Smile in Essex

To help you to maintain your new smile, we’ve put together this simple guide outlining the steps you should take to keep your teeth healthy and happy when your Invisalign treatment comes to an end.

Life after Invisalign: we’ve helped over 1,200 patients reach this stage

When you can finally stop wearing your aligners every day, you’re probably going to feel some relief and a huge sense of achievement. Invisalign treatment could last for up to 2 years, so it’s important that you take a moment to appreciate how far you’ve come.

This is also a sobering moment that can help you to appreciate just how vital it is to follow aftercare advice. Your teeth won’t stay perfectly aligned and healthy without a little help from you, but thankfully, the steps you need to take are quite minimal.

Wearing your retainer

You’ll have to wear a retainer at night time for as long as you want to keep your teeth in perfect alignment. Your teeth will naturally move into the alignment that is most natural, and this typically means the position they were in before you started treatment. You can prevent this and keep your teeth in perfect alignment by simply wearing a retainer at night time.

At the end of your treatment plan, we’ll scan your mouth in preparation for creating your retainer. It’s also possible to wear the final aligner in your Invisalign tray until your retainer is ready. Retainers typically last for around 12 – 18 months, but since they come in sets of four, you could make a single set last for up to 5 years.

As a top 1% Invisalign provider in Europe, we recommend a post-treatment hygienist cleaning

When you stop wearing aligners every day, it can be nice to go for a deep cleaning with your dental hygienist. This will help to remove all traces of plaque that may have built up while you were wearing braces. This is particularly helpful if you had to have attachments on your teeth, as these can leave traces that can only be removed using professional tools.

Clearing your teeth after braces

One of the perks of orthodontic treatment is that your teeth should become much easier to clean. This is because perfectly aligned teeth make it easier for you to brush and floss. While it might be easier to do, you still need to make sure that you’re doing it correctly. If you’re concerned that you are missing parts of your mouth when you brush, ask your dentist for some advice. They’ll be able to show you the best approach for brushing and flossing your teeth.

Follow-up appointments with an Apex Diamond Invisalign Provider

You might feel tired of visiting the dentist, but it’s important that you stick to the follow-up appointment schedule so that your dentist can monitor your teeth following treatment. They’ll want to see that your teeth and gums remain healthy after you have finished your treatment plan. Follow up appointments can also help you to ensure that your teeth not only look beautiful, but that they are also healthy.

Further cosmetic treatments

After completing orthodontics, it’s common to want to take your cosmetic treatments one step further. Popular treatments following Invisalign treatment in Essex include teeth whitening and composite bonding.

Teeth whitening can help to further enhance your smile by removing years of deep-set stains that are trapped in your teeth. Composite bonding can help to further refine your smile by addressing the small imperfections and asymmetries that could be preventing you from feeling your most confident.