Dedicated Dental Blog

Whether due to years of decay, a medical issue, or an accident that knocks out several teeth, there are many people who have to turn to artificial teeth – or dentures – to restore the smile and bite that all people need and deserve. People once associated dentures as a set of wooden teeth, or imagine a comical full set of teeth and gums, but dentures are now made very sturdy and discrete.

It is important to get the most out of your Invisalign treatment, in order to have the straight teeth and beautiful smile that you want and deserve. If you’ve had an exam and consultation with your dentist, and they have decided that Invisalign rather than traditional metal braces are the right fit, you still need to follow the right steps to get everything you can out of the treatment. This includes taking care of the aligners and keeping them safe from anything that could damage them, and using them on a full-time basis when you are supposed to be wearing them, so your teeth do not revert back to their old positions.

Biting into something hard such as candy or ice, grinding your teeth (bruxism), eating and drinking hot and cold things back and forth, accidentally hitting your tooth on a hard surface, or having an accident such as falling off your bike, are all reasons why someone could crack or chip their teeth. Teeth can crack or break due to a wide variety of causes, and it is always a frightening experience. In such an alarming situation, it’s good to know what to do when you have a chip or cracked tooth.

In 1997, Align Technology, today known as Invisalign, was born, thanks to the idea of Stanford University students Zia Chishti, Kelsey Wirth, Apostolos Lerios and Brian Freyburger. Chishti was at the orthodontist getting his braces removed, and afterwards was given a retainer to keep his teeth straight and from moving. When Zia received his retainer, he realized that a retainer similar to his might be just as effective straightening teeth as a set of traditional metal braces. The idea came after seeing how painful and unattractive metal braces actually were. He thought to himself about how he could possibly develop a better, quicker, and less painful way to get straighter teeth, and another form of dental alignment technology was born.