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What types of crowns can be placed on top of dental implants?
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Laser treatment in dentistry
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ALIGNERS = invisible orthodontics

ALIGNERS, CLEAR ALIGNERS, Invisalign = represents an alternative to braces, an invisible orthodontic treatment method.

These are mouthguards made of a transparent, comfortable material, having the role of moving incorrectly positioned teeth. By wearing these mouthguards, the teeth will slowly and gently move towards the correct direction and eventually align. This way, you get to have the smile you desire, without anyone noticing. There are no brackets or arches to be tightened. Just several mouthguards, that are changed every 2-3 weeks.

Aligners are created by scanning high-precision dental impressions.

Stages of the aligner treatment:

  1. A high-precision dental impression is done.
  2. In the dental laboratory, these impressions are turned into models which are scanned.
  3. A state-of-the art software processes the obtained data and creates virtual models with the movements to be produced, in order to solve the orthodontics problem. Then, the computer-generated models are printed.
  4. On these models, the mouthguards are made, which have a certain wearing order, are numbered and will progressively move the teeth. Depending on each patient’s problems, the number of mouthguards will vary.

They must be worn at all times and are only removed when eating and brushing the teeth. Each mouthguard is worn for 2-3 weeks before moving on to the next one, which will be worn as a retainer, at night, for a period of time.

This type of orthodontics is appropriate for solving minor orthodontic problems, minor dental crowding, tooth rotation, closing the gap between teeth (diastema), before prosthetic treatments, in order to improve the position of certain teeth, to create space for dental interventions.

Case 1

Aspect of the teeth before treatment

Aspect of the teeth after treatment

Case 2

Aspect of the teeth before treatment

Aspect of the teeth after treatment