Everyone loves having a bright smile with uniform and even teeth. If your teeth are not straight or you have other issues, such as a gap in-between your teeth, you are most likely searching for ways to make your smile attractive. When you have crooked or rotated teeth and other moderate dental issues. Aligners or braces can help cover your teeth flaws.  But which one is more effective, clear aligners or braces? Which one should you choose for your teeth? Let us help you in sorting out your confusion.

Aligners are transparent trays of medical-grade worn on both your upper and lower teeth to move them to perfect alignment. At the treatment time, you will get a set of upper and lower trays that must be worn sequentially.

Here are Three Big advantages of having Aligners over Braces:

1. They are not visible: One of the most apparent benefits of aligners is they are not visible. You will not have to wear that mouthful of metal wires and brackets like those of metal braces. 

For most teen girls and boys, facial appearance and clothing are important. When you have to wear metal braces for more than one year, it is most likely to decrease self-confidence. According to survey reports, teenagers having aligners were more confident than those having metal braces. When you wear metal braces, you might not feel like smiling in order to hide your braces. Metal braces come in your way for positioning professionally at work as well. Aligners can help you retain your smile.

2. They are easily removable: You can easily remove the aligners and put them in a case when you are ready for eating. Aligners allow you to eat all of your favorite food items. Especially for teens and adults preceding what they are eating at a party is quite tricky they mainly face metal braces. Here is a list of foods you need to avoid with metal braces:

• Chewing gum along with other rubbery food.
• Foods that get stuck to your teeth, gum or caramels.
• Brittle food
• Hard vegetables and fruits

3. Metal braces can affect your intimacy also. But with clear aligners, intimacy becomes more pleasant.

• Easy cleaning: With aligners cleaning teeth is very easy: As it is possible to remove the aligners, you can easily care for your teeth rather than metal braces. Simply you have to continue following your regular teeth cleaning routine.

• Helps in preventing discoloration: Some of the patients with braces complain of teeth discoloration, especially in spots where there are brackets. It mainly occurs because of the high sugar intake by patients. Whereas with clear aligners, which are not mounted into your teeth, it becomes easy to clean them and needs less maintenance.

• Very comfortable wearing: Metal braces often scrape the whole tissue present inside the mouth. Similarly, when long wires have not been trimmed perfectly, it starts pricking the inside of your mouth. One more reason is apparent, aligners do not have a sharp edge that causes injury. During the initial days of wearing aligners, you might feel pressure on your teeth. This pressure is often a sign that aligners move the teeth into the required alignment.

• Fewer visits to the dentist: Time is always valuable. With clear aligners, you need to visit once a month. But people with braces know that they have to visit the dentist often. 

• Discretion: Metal braces are more effective for those having severe overcrowding. Metal braces also cost less when compared with aligners. As they are fastened to your tooth, you will not have to worry about losing them. Also, the average total time of treatment with aligners is shorter when compared with metal braces. 

Clear aligners can easily make oral hygiene more reliable than teeth straightening. Perfectly aligned teeth alleviate imperfect bite, chewing issues, jaw issues, and enhances wear on tooth enamel. A clear aligner can address all of these significant issues. If you are looking forward to enhancing your smile but quail at the thinking of metal braces, talk with an orthodontist about all the available options. Log in to mydentalplan.in and find an orthodontist from the India’s Largest Dental Network team. 

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About the Author:

Suprithi Choudhary, M.Pharm (Pharmacology) Medical Content writer

Suprithi is a Pharma Professional working as a medical content writer and previously worked as a Research Scientist and Senior Research Analyst

Education

• C.M Academy
• Attended the Panjab University- Chandigarh, Pharma post-graduate in Pharmacology

Special thanks to Dr Deepak Kulkarni, a dental surgeon with over 23 years of experience who proofread this blog. He graduated from the H.K.E's Dental College, Gulbarga, and has certifications in ACHS International Accreditation Education Plan; Advanced Rotary Endodontic - Restorative Continuum; and Leadership, Team Building and Customer Service Leadership from the Oscar Murphy International.