The typical Invisalign patient can use up to 20 accessories. Or you may be one of the lucky people who has a simpler case, you can use Invisalign Express, and you don't need any accessories. Invisalign accessories are very small dots that are made of composite resin or dental bond. Accessories come in a variety of shapes and sizes, from squares to circles, rectangles to triangles.
You may have a square attachment on an incisor and a triangle on a front tooth. You might have two attachments or a dozen. They can be twisted or placed in a straight line. Not everyone with Invisalign needs accessories.
Whether you need them depends on your treatment plan. Your dentist will let you know if they should be part of your treatment plan. Only your orthodontist determines your need for Invisalign accessories. An Invisalign attachment adheres to the tooth with the use of a composite resin and is easily removed with a polishing tool.
This will not cause any damage to your teeth or cause any pain. Depending on your specific location and the shade of the composite bonding material used, these Invisalign accessories may be more or less obvious. Invisalign treatments don't always require Invisalign accessories. With the help of an Invisalign treatment simulation, your dentist will be able to determine if any phase of your treatment will require the placement of Invisalign accessories.
Accessories are small, tooth-colored teeth that are attached to certain teeth during treatment with invisible braces. Once the accessories are in place, you may want to spend a little time getting used to attaching and removing the aligners. While closely related, people often confuse accessories with Invisalign buttons, which are small accessories that are placed in the clear trays of the aligner to allow the elastic bands to promote greater strength of the aligner. Accessories will not harm your teeth, as long as you take proper care of your oral hygiene throughout your treatment with Invisalign.
Your orthodontist will match the color of your accessories with the color of your teeth so that they blend while using Invisalign. Although Invisalign aligners are transparent and are carefully constructed to fit around points, aligners will have protrusions in several places to accommodate accessories. With accessories, more and more people can use Invisalign to straighten their teeth instead of worrying about braces. To resolve these problems, the dentist places Invisalign attachments on the teeth to provide anchor points that help direct pressure from the aligner to the teeth.
Invisalign attachments are necessary if you have complicated tooth alignment problems or if a tooth is particularly stubborn and doesn't move properly according to your Invisalign treatment plan. Invisalign accessories are best kept on throughout the course of treatment, but in certain cases they can be removed. After the treatment is complete, the orthodontist will remove the Invisalign accessories in a simple procedure. Once your Invisalign treatment is complete, any accessories you receive will be cleaned of your teeth completely; no one will ever know they were there.
During your visit for Invisalign treatment, your orthodontist will design your treatment plan and determine if you will need accessories.
