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To: TobagoJack who wrote (117832)4/5/2016 12:56:53 AM
From: Elroy Jetson  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 220490
 
Systems like Invisalign are essentially the same thing, a sequential series of bite-guards which move teeth to their final location. — invisalign.com

But this is still just as painful as you start wearing each new alignment guard, and requires you to wear the bite-guards essentially all the time, just as if you had wires attached to your teeth.

If you were to take breaks in wearing the guards, the end result will take far, far longer.

As with orthodontic braces when I was young, the final result depends enormously on wearing the final retainer for a number of years to maintain the positioning of the teeth. I know a few people who didn't do this and went back through the same abuse a second time as an adult simply because they had failed to wear their retainer once they had their braces removed.