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! New York City teeth aligners are common now. Rosenberg Wellness Center sees many New York City chiropractic patients who have decided to use these new devices to straighten teeth. They are virtually invisible. They are flexible. The clear aligner wearer can take them out whenever he or she needs to take them out. Wearers acquire 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. Rosenberg Wellness Center had not imagined that orthodontic and New York City chiropractic treatment plans might come in contact with each other. Surprise!
TOOTH ALIGNMENT TREATMENT AND PLANNING
Most New York City chiropractic patients remember (too well for some!) the classic fixed appliances (braces) used by orthodontists to straighten teeth. Many New York City orthodontic patients lived with them! Research reports that in using Invisalign® technology, tooth type and movement are important factors to ponder 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 real outcomes may differ from those calculations. Most differences were not clinically relevant though. (1) Malocclusion (a misalignment or faulty relationship of the teeth of the top and bottom teeth when they come close to each other as the jaws close) plays a role in teeth straightening treatment planning. In a comparison study of Invisalign® to these conventional fixed appliances for mild to moderate malocclusion issues, they both corrected the condition. Invisalign® wearers finished faster (by 5.7 months!). Invisalign® improvement wasn’t as “great” in efficacy as fixed appliances. (2) One study decided to determine correlations between body posture in the sagittal profile and sagittal jaw position. The mandible (lower jaw) has a greater influence on body posture than other craniofacial factors, so patients with severe malocclusions ought to be extended extra attention especially if a jaw surgery is being proposed. (3) Rosenberg Wellness Center is in line with having the New York City orthodontists determine this!
TOOTH ALIGNMENT WITH INVISALIGN AND POSTURE
But Rosenberg Wellness Center is ready to help when posture issues arise in the process of aligning teeth . 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 reported that these clear aligners adjust a wearer’s vertical height due to the aligners placement over the teeth and, subsequently, stimulate periodontal receptors inhibiting the jaw closing muscles and, likely, changing mandibular posture. (4) Rosenberg Wellness Center is as astonished as our New York City chiropractic patients with all that is possible with these clear aligners! Rosenberg Wellness Center is aware of this potential and looks for it in New York City chiropractic patients who wear these.
CONTACT Rosenberg Wellness Center
Schedule a New York City chiropractic visit at Rosenberg Wellness Center to examine your posture whether you are wearing Invisalign® or not! Rosenberg Wellness Center deals with all kinds of pairs related to the spine and posture! New York City 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.
