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  While clear aligner treatment time is typically much faster than braces, it’s nevertheless still important that you make your clear aligner treatment time as comfortable as possible. Here are a couple of tips from our dental team on how to remove clear aligners. Ensure that your mouth is warm It helps if the inside of your mouth and your fingers are warm and drier. You can also try opening your mouth for a few seconds before trying to remove them. Start from the back First, take off the  clear aligners  from the molars on each side, and then move gradually towards the front. In some cases, you may find it easier to work from one side of the mouth to the other. If you have an attachment, then you’ll find it a bit more difficult to remove the aligner. Begin by lifting off the easier parts, and get to those bits last. When you get to the harder bits, hook your fingernails beneath the edge of the aligner and lift it over the attachment. A paper towel helps Many people have discovered tha

  A question we get from patients is do clear aligners give you a lisp? Every orthodontic appliance has the potential to affect your speech. A clear aligner is no different.  You may notice a slight lisp during the first few days of wearing your first set of clear aligners. However, this is only obvious to you and is temporary. A lisp caused by an orthodontic appliance can easily be corrected. Do Lisps Resolve? Yes, lisps can go away and will go away while wearing clear aligners. But it’s also likely that you won’t have to worry about a lisp. It is on record that over 93 percent of patients using clear aligners should not experience issues with their speech.  According to a study, users of clear aligners did not experience any speech issues within their first 3 – 6 months of treatment, and acclimatization to treatment starts during this period.  However, this is the timeframe where you may notice emergent speech slurring and lisping, should it occur. Fluent speaking is essential in lif

  One common question we get from patients is do clear aligners work? If given a choice, what would you wear on your teeth? Clear aligners or braces? If your choice is clear aligners, you are not alone. Clear aligners have become increasingly popular over the past few decades as a practical option for teeth straightening or realignment.  The first clear aligner product that was made is Invisalign. It was invented in 1998 by Align Technology. Since then, other products have been made and introduced into the market.  This article will look at clear aligners and whether they are as effective as we’re made to believe. What Are Clear Aligners? Clear aligners are plastic trays that are near invisible when worn. Clear aligners provide discreet straightening for the teeth – a significant step from the conventional metal braces. For over a century, metal braces were considered the standard way to improve teeth alignment.  Clear aligners have been in use for at least two decades and counting. A