How does Invisalign technology work?

So there are no conventional dental impressions with sticky and unpleasant rubber materials. Modern intraoral scanners scan your teeth incredibly quick, gently and painlessly. Providing a clear view for you and your orthodontist at the beginning of treatment.

The computer-aided three-dimensional image shows the current status of your teeth and consequently enables a detailed and precise photorealistic 3D model in a very short time. This will be the basis for your dentist who will be able to accurately plan and control your dental correction therapy with the special ClinCheck software.

With the integrated Outcome Simulator, you can already see how beautiful and straight your corrected teeth will look at the end of the treatment. Precisely specified treatment planning will be sent to Align Technology in San Jose, Silicon Valley, in fractions of a second for review.

From there, we usually receive a treatment proposal within 15 minutes, which can be checked by your orthodontist shortly or directly released. Align Technology manufactures your personal aligners with self-developed, high-precision high-tech 3D printers. It's made of a special crystal-clear and allergologically harmless plastic. For each of the 7-14 day clycles wearing these plastic splints are precisely tailored to your treatment planning and it ensure the comfortability of gentle movement of your teeth in the right direction.

So far, more than 6 million patients worldwide have trusted Align Technology, the innovative medical device company that has manufactured more than 350 million aligners since 1999, with a manufacturing experience unlike any other manufacturer in the world. Convince yourself accuracy of the planning and execution of the treatment.

Depending on the treatment plan, you will receive your aligners for up to four consecutive treatment steps. You implement these yourself and initiate the change cycle according to your treatment plan.

Only after this time will be about 4-8 weeks then the progress of the therapy is reviewed again by your orthodontist. If it does not go the way you want, your dentist can always adjust the treatment to the actual state and have new aligners produced that take into account of the therapy status and ensure the result.

You can also easily check the course of treatment at any time with your smartphone using your "My Invisalign Smile" app. Take a daily picture of your smile and compare the progress with your app. You will be amazed by the results ...

Every single Invisalign Aligner Set is individually manufactured with the advanced 3D printing technology in purpose-built factories. Since every treatment is very personal and of varying complexity, Align Technology offers different treatment lines for the best correction of tooth misalignment.

The more complex the desired correction, the more transparent Invisalign aligners are needed. Your orthodontist chooses from the following treatment models and recommends the optimal and most successful Aligner therapy.