Postural Changes When Wearing Clear Aligners like Invisalign®
Clear teeth aligners and posture!? Now that’s a pair. Not necessarily a pair you’d put together though! Minster teeth aligners are popular today. Minster Chiropractic Center sees many Minster chiropractic patients who have decided to use these new devices to straighten teeth. They are nearly unseen. They are bendable. They come out when the clear aligner wearer wishes to remove them. Wearers acquire some control of the procedure. All is good, and yet the treatment planning like that of Invisalign® is newer technology. Everyone is learning more about it. Minster Chiropractic Center hadn’t imagined that orthodontic and Minster chiropractic treatment plans might cross paths. Surprise!
TOOTH ALIGNMENT TREATMENT AND PLANNING
Most Minster chiropractic patients remember (too well for some!) the classic fixed appliances (braces) used by orthodontists to straighten teeth. Many Minster orthodontic patients lived with them! Research shows that in using Invisalign® technology, tooth type and movement are crucial factors to think about when the treatment plan is arranged. Invisalign® technology permits clinicians to predict tooth positions with high accuracy when done in nonextraction cases, but some of the actual outcomes may differ from those calculations. Most variances were not clinically relevant though. (1) Malocclusion (a misalignment or faulty relationship between the teeth of the top and bottom teeth when they come close to each other as the jaws close) affects teeth straightening treatment planning. In a comparison study of Invisalign® to these conventional fixed appliances for mild to moderate malocclusion issues, they both corrected the condition. Invisalign® wearers completed their care faster (by 5.7 months!). Invisalign® improvement wasn’t as “great” in effectiveness as fixed appliances. (2) One study planned to determine associations between body posture in the sagittal profile and sagittal jaw position. The mandible (lower jaw) has a greater influence on body posture than other craniofacial parameters, so patients with severe malocclusions ought to be given extra consideration especially if a jaw surgery is being considered. (3) Minster Chiropractic Center is fine with having the Minster orthodontists determine this!
TOOTH ALIGNMENT WITH INVISALIGN AND POSTURE
But Minster Chiropractic Center is fine when called upon to help with any posture issues that arise. A recent study reports that clear, occlusal coverage aligners like Invisalign® may well influence body posture. The upper spine and lower spine sections are influenced. When clear aligner wearers were examined after 6 months of use, the Kyphosis Angle, the Upper Thoracic Inclination and Pelvic Inclination were modified. It has been said that these clear aligners change a wearer’s vertical height due to the aligners placement over the teeth and, then, stimulate periodontal receptors inhibiting the jaw closing muscles and, quite possibly, changing mandibular posture. (4) Minster Chiropractic Center is as amazed as our Minster chiropractic patients with everything that is possible with these clear aligners! Minster Chiropractic Center is aware of this potential and looks for it in Minster chiropractic patients who wear these.
CONTACT Minster Chiropractic Center
Schedule a Minster chiropractic visit at Minster Chiropractic Center to examine your posture whether you are wearing Invisalign® or not! Minster Chiropractic Center works with all kinds of pairs related to the spine and posture! Minster chiropractic services cover all bases from the exam to the diagnosis to the treatment with spinal manipulation, diet, supplementation and exercise to the postural and rehabilitation tips to get your spine healthy and keep it that way.
