Postural Changes When Wearing Clear Aligners like Invisalign®
Clear teeth aligners and posture!? Now that is a pair. Not necessarily a pair you would put together though! Largo teeth aligners are standard nowadays. Hollstrom & Associates Inc meets many Largo chiropractic patients who have decided to use these new devices to adjust teeth. They are virtually imperceptible. They are flexible. They come out when the clear aligner wearer wishes to remove them. Wearers get some control of the process. All is good, and yet the treatment planning like that of Invisalign® is newer technology. Everyone is learning more about it. Hollstrom & Associates Inc hadn’t thought that orthodontic and Largo chiropractic treatment plans might come in contact with each other. Surprise!
TOOTH ALIGNMENT TREATMENT AND PLANNING
Most Largo chiropractic patients recall (too well for some!) the classic fixed appliances (braces) used by orthodontists to straighten teeth. Many Largo orthodontic patients experienced them firsthand! Research shows that in using Invisalign® technology, tooth type and movement are key elements to ponder when the treatment plan is arranged. Invisalign® technology lets clinicians to forecast tooth positions with high accuracy when done in nonextraction cases, but some of the actual outcomes may vary from those predictions. Most variances were not clinically relevant though. (1) Malocclusion (a misalignment or imprecise relationship of the teeth of the top and bottom teeth when they near each other when 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 improved the condition. Invisalign® wearers finished faster (by 5.7 months!). Invisalign® improvement was not as “great” in efficacy as fixed appliances. (2) One study set out to determine associations between body posture in the sagittal profile and sagittal jaw position. The mandible (lower jaw) has a greater effect on body posture than other craniofacial factors, so patients with severe malocclusions ought to be given extra attention particularly if a jaw surgery is being considered. (3) Hollstrom & Associates Inc is in line with having the Largo orthodontists determine this!
TOOTH ALIGNMENT WITH INVISALIGN AND POSTURE
But Hollstrom & Associates Inc is fine when called upon to help with any posture issues that arise. A recent study points out that clear, occlusal coverage aligners like Invisalign® may well influence body posture. The upper spine and lower spine sections are influenced. After 6 months of wearing these clear aligners, the Kyphosis Angle, the Upper Thoracic Inclination and Pelvic Inclination were modified. It has been documented that these clear aligners change a wearer’s vertical height due to the aligners placement over the teeth and, subsequently, stimulate periodontal receptors obstructing the jaw closing muscles and, likely, altering mandibular posture. (4) Hollstrom & Associates Inc is as astonished as our Largo chiropractic patients with all that is possible with these clear aligners! Hollstrom & Associates Inc is aware of this potential and keeps it in mind when examining Largo chiropractic patients who wear these.
CONTACT Hollstrom & Associates Inc
Schedule a Largo chiropractic visit at Hollstrom & Associates Inc to check your posture whether you are wearing Invisalign® or not! Hollstrom & Associates Inc works with all kinds of pairs related to the spine and posture! Largo 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.
