Postural Changes When Wearing Clear Aligners like Invisalign®

Clear teeth aligners and posture!?  Now there is a pair. Not necessarily a pair you’d put together though! Minster teeth aligners are popular today. Minster Chiropractic Center meets many Minster chiropractic patients who have chosen to use these new devices to straighten teeth. They are virtually unseen. They are bendable. They come out when the clear aligner wearer wishes to remove them. Wearers gain some control of the process. All is good, and yet the treatment planning like that of Invisalign® is newer technology. Everyone is finding out more about it. Minster Chiropractic Center hadn’t thought that orthodontic and Minster chiropractic treatment plans might cross paths. Surprise!

TOOTH ALIGNMENT TREATMENT AND PLANNING

Most Minster chiropractic patients recall (too well for some!)  the classic fixed appliances (braces) used in orthodontics to straighten teeth. Many Minster orthodontic patients lived with them! Research finds that in using Invisalign® technology, tooth type and movement are crucial elements to think about when the treatment plan is arranged. Invisalign® technology lets clinicians to calculate 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 imprecise relationship between the teeth of the two dental arches when they near each other when the jaws close) affects teeth straightening treatment planning. When comparing Invisalign aligners to conventional fixed appliances for mild to moderate malocclusion issues, they both improved the condition. Invisalign® wearers finished faster (by 5.7 months!). Invisalign® improvement wasn’t as “great” in efficacy 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 effect on body posture than other craniofacial factors, so patients with severe malocclusions ought to be extended extra consideration particularly 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 new study points out that clear, occlusal coverage aligners like Invisalign® may well influence body posture. The upper spine and lower spine sections are involved. After 6 months of wearing these clear aligners, the Kyphosis Angle, the Upper Thoracic Inclination and Pelvic Inclination were modified.  It has been said that these clear aligners modify a wearer’s vertical height due to the occlusal coverage over the teeth and, then, stimulate periodontal receptors inhibiting the jaw closing muscles and, likely, changing  mandibular posture. (4) Minster Chiropractic Center is as astonished as our Minster chiropractic patients with all 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.