Orthodontic aligners, aligners or braces and veneers - the better way to correct the bite - comparative analysis with before and after photos

Correct your bite or dental defect with invisible aligners Find out what it is

COMMON DATA	ALINERS	BRACKETS	VENEERS
What they look like	transparent mouth guards for temporary wear	temporary sticker on teeth + wire	permanent sticker on teeth
Color spectrum	transparent	the most diverse	white or the color of the patient’s teeth
Material	polymer	metal/polymer/ceramics	polymer/porcelain/ceramics
Transparency	Yes	No	Yes
Possibility of metal allergy	No	Yes	No
Suitable for children under 16 years old	no But the technology is being developed for children from 7 years old.	Yes	not earlier than the formation of enamel of permanent teeth is completed

Seriously speaking, it is best to be treated with aligners

Yes, I want to book a free consultation on aligners in my city!

If braces and veneers - we all understand that they are visual and what they are, then aligners

- These are the lightest transparent mouthguards made of solid polymer.

When you put on the aligners, you see your entire dentition (the aligners become invisible).

And this is a plus for aligners

Also, the advantages of aligners include the absence of allergies, just like veneers. Braces cannot boast of this.

By the way, you can find out in 1 minute whether aligners are right for you or whether doctors will forcibly offer only braces: you need to answer only 9 express questions

But the main general advantage of braces is that they can be installed in childhood. Although, according to the scientific development department of Star Smile, aligners are now being developed for children from 7 years of age. If this works out, then the undisputed leadership in the overall comparison will go to the aligners.

What are lumineers and how are they different from veneers?

Many people have heard about Lumineers, but few know what it is. Essentially, these are the same veneers, only manufactured at a factory in the USA. Lumineers is a brand of an American manufacturer that has become a household name, like Pampers or Xerox. And it is often used by dishonest dentists to promote conventional veneers. No one can make lumineers for you; they can only be ordered in the USA. We do not work with this product because, in our opinion, it is not ideal aesthetically. In appearance, such ceramics resemble sanitary ware. Making porcelain veneers in a laboratory will be much cheaper and the results will be more attractive.

Preparation for treatment with braces, veneers and aligners

Preparing for treatment	ALINERS	BRACKETS	VENEERS
Virtual setup: a computer program allows you to create a three-dimensional model of the dental system	Yes	No	Yes
Opportunity to discuss the results and progress of treatment with the doctor	Yes	No	Yes
Patient participation in treatment	Yes	No	No

When a patient sees on the computer his future smile, in which all the teeth are aligned, it seems fantastic. But in fact, the 3D virtual setup is a super program from Star Smile, considered one of the best in the world and used by clinics in more than 25 countries

world and
100 cities of Russia
. This program for visualizing the future result of treatment using more than 40 parameters simulates all processes of bite correction and allows you to accurately plan treatment. Exactly with the same great result that the patient will see BEFORE the start of treatment.

Braces do not have this option - all treatment is carried out blindly, and the patient can only live in hope for the future.

And a huge plus in preparing and conducting treatment is the participation of the patient. The aligners are removable and are completely under the control of the person being treated. Therefore, the answer to the question: “What is better - braces or aligners at the initial stage?” — aligners.

"Denta-Professional" - we work to make you smile

Our clinic has existed since 1999. We solve any dental problems, regardless of their complexity. "Denta-Professional" is:

Professionals with experience. We employ only highly qualified doctors who regularly undergo advanced training courses and master new working methods.
Safety. We carefully comply with all existing sanitary standards to provide our patients with the best conditions. All reusable instruments are disinfected, and disposable ones are disposed of after use.
Individual approach. We select the course of treatment, the necessary materials, and anesthesia based on the physiological characteristics of the patient. It is important to us that any procedure is not only successful, but also effective.
Guarantees. We provide a guarantee of up to 5 years for the work we perform. If during the warranty period anything happens to the installed fillings or other materials, we will repeat the procedure free of charge.

Manufacturing and installation of bite correction systems

Manufacturing and installation	ALINERS	BRACKETS	VENEERS
Preparation time	7 days	1-2 days standard	from 7 days to 30
Installation time	from 45 minutes to 1 hour both jaws	3-6 hours	each jaw 6-8 hours
The need to take impressions before installation	intra-oral scanning + impressions (optional)	Yes	Yes
The need to use anesthesia	No	No	Yes

Any production of bite correction systems implies the patient’s obligation to make impressions

. Of course, with the help of a doctor. The procedure itself is inconvenient, but it must be done. Aligners are preferred here, since aligners are already digital, computer technologies, and intraoral scanners can be used in their work: the doctor ran such a scanner over the patient’s teeth, and the computer showed their appearance. All of your both jaws on the computer screen are as if they were alive. There is no need to take dental impressions. But, it’s true, not many clinics yet have such advanced technologies. Therefore, the advantage of aligners here is not particularly strong. Therefore, let's also compare the manufacturing and installation times of bite correction systems.

The fastest braces to make. The slowest ones are veneers.

Veneers or braces

? Standard braces are made for you within 1-2 days. The longest in production are veneers. This is understandable. In fact, each dental plate is sharpened for each of your teeth. Therefore, veneers can take up to 30 days. Aligners confidently hold second place - the standard production time is up to 7 days maximum.

The fastest to install are aligners.

Over time of installation

Braces take longer to install than aligners; it can take you up to 6 hours. Aligners are the easiest and fastest way: installation on both jaws will take a maximum of 1 hour. But with veneers you will have to suffer - since each jaw is glued from 6 to 8 hours.

Cost of treatment with aligners

Now you have the opportunity to get a beautiful smile at a cost:

for the simplest case of correction with aligners from 4,000 rubles
per month
in the most difficult case of teeth straightening with aligners - less than 10,000 rubles
per month

In reality, Star Smile today has the lowest prices

in Russia for aligners compared to all aligner manufacturers! (Invisalign, Orthosnap, 3D Smile)

Find out all prices for aligners

Cost of treatment with aligners:

Star Smile also has the best prices for treatment with aligners in Russia, which covers more than 100 cities of the Russian Federation, since the company’s main goal is to make prices for aligners affordable for the vast majority of patients. You can see this for yourself - look at the prices for aligners.

Disadvantages of restorations –

Restorations darken and lose their shine over time - fillings and restorations made from light-polymer filling materials tend to gradually darken. In addition, they lose the shine characteristic of healthy tooth enamel. If the loss of aesthetics on chewing teeth is not so terrible, then on the front teeth it is very unpleasant. Not very good restorations will have to be replaced every few years, but high-quality restorations should require periodic care (you need to visit the dentist once a year to polish them) - then their aesthetics will last longer.
Risk of breakage of restorations - if your tooth is destroyed by more than 1/2, and especially if it is also depulped (nerve removed), and you still want to chew meat, then there is a risk of breakage of the restoration.
Depulped teeth are much more fragile than living ones. Particularly often, restored teeth break when the tooth is restored completely from the root. If the chewing load suddenly exceeds the strength limit of the restored structure, the restored part of the tooth breaks off. Sometimes this even causes a fracture of the tooth root (with the need for its subsequent complete removal). What is the best way to restore a tooth if it is destroyed by more than 1/2 - this is where indirect aesthetic restorations will help us, because ceramic crowns, veneers, etc.

Therapeutic effect when correcting a bite - with braces or aligners

Since veneers are not involved in correcting the bite, the comparison is between braces or aligners. Advantages by position are highlighted in red. Leadership lies with the aligners.

Therapeutic effect	ALINERS	BRACKETS	VENEERS
Treatment speed	30% faster than braces	30% slower than aligners	no healing effect
Therapeutic effect (bite correction)	Yes	Yes	No
How the effect is achieved	simultaneous rotation and displacement in the desired direction due to the tight grip of each tooth	sequential rotation, horizontal/vertical shift	stick on crooked teeth
Actual teeth straightening	Yes	Yes	No
Risk of developing caries	No	Yes	No
Whitening effect	only before or after treatment	only before or after treatment	immediately after installation
Possibility of changing the appearance of teeth	No	No	Yes
Rehabilitation period (after removal)	retainers are a MANDATORY PROCEDURE	retainers - wearing retaining mouth guards at night MANDATORY PROCEDURE	absent
Reversibility of treatment	partially reversible	partially reversible	irreversible changes
Possibility of remineralizing therapy, strengthening tooth enamel	Yes	No	No

Removal, damage to teeth, enamel, oral mucosa. Aligners are the best

Removal, damage to teeth, enamel, oral mucosa	ALINERS	BRACKETS	VENEERS
Wisdom teeth removal	Yes	Yes	not necessary
Removing part of tooth enamel	No	No	Yes
Separation of teeth before treatment	of necessity	of necessity	Yes
Risk of damaging existing teeth	No	yes (enamel)	There is
Possibility of injury to the oral mucosa	No	Yes	No

More examples of treatment

Caries under filling Enamel caries Crooked teeth Darkening of tooth enamel

When are half-crowns used and when are veneers used?

All of Angelina’s veneers were of different designs - that is, there were standard veneers, and some veneers were also a module with a root, and the chewing teeth were restored with veneers - half-crowns.

Veneers Half crowns

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Tremas and diastemas Deep caries Abrasion of teeth Chips and cracks in teeth Caries under filling Yellow color of teeth

How veneers successfully concealed the consequences of deep caries on teeth

Enamel and dentin, hard and soft tissues of the tooth were affected by caries. But deep caries and rotten teeth are not a problem for veneers! So, let's see.

Veneers Half crowns

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Intimate disadvantage of all braces

We specifically highlighted this minus as a separate item. Doctors are tactfully silent about this drawback of any brace systems, including lingual braces. But it exists. And it causes a lot of problems for those with braces. This is an injury, but not to the tongue, but to injury by parts of the braces to the mucous membrane of the sexual partner during intimate caresses: causing micro-scratches with possible infection of the wounds due to insufficient hygiene of the braces.

Such statistics are periodically published in the European and American press, where they really and openly talk about it. With veneers and aligners, this problem is absent or minimized: we always try to clean our teeth normally, but with braces it becomes more and more difficult to clean.

How are aligners made - invisible aligners for teeth?

To make aligners, the doctor at the clinic takes impressions of the patient’s jaws and sends them to the manufacturer of the aligners - to us, to the Star Smile company. Using a 3D scanner, a digital model of the teeth is obtained. The trajectory of the teeth is calculated and the required number of aligners is determined - from five to several dozen aligners. It all depends on the severity of the primary pathology.

The video shows how the digital jaw rotates, some lines appear along which the teeth line up. And soon this digital model will begin to come to life in the aligners. Star Smile has developed a unique software simulation of dental biomechanics. You see on the screen how all the lines are aligned, how the patient’s gums precisely move along with the teeth on the screen. This is very important - after all, future aligners should not cause any inconvenience and should fit perfectly on the patient, that is, unnoticed, producing the maximum effect of correcting the bite.

Next stage

— an order for future aligners is sent for 3D printing. Work on the production of aligners is carried out using 3D printers. As a result of digital 3D printing, accurate models of the patient’s teeth are obtained. Models of blanks for aligners are made step by step, that is, already in the dynamics of future treatment; for each stage, a different set of teeth is made.

Next stage

— a vacuum former comes into operation for the production of aligners. Blanks are placed on a special vacuum former mold - prototypes of future aligners. Thanks to super high-tech plastic, these blanks are light, transparent and will be invisible on the teeth.

Next stage

— the aligners acquire their exact geometry and are completely tailored to the anatomical features of the patient’s teeth and gums.

Finish stage

— packaging of manufactured aligners. All aligners are placed in individual sterile bags, listed according to the period of their wearing, and the patient’s name. The aligners have already acquired their own individuality.

All that remains is to put all the individual packages in the Star Smile branded box and the order is sent to your treating orthodontist at your dentistry.

How orthodontists install aligners

And so your aligners came to the doctor. In this video, orthodontist Alexey Trezubov talks in detail about the installation of aligners and shows how the aligners are installed and worn:

Treatment with the Sandman kinematic system without drilling.

When using the Sandman system, the tooth is not drilled, and the affected areas of the tooth in the cervical area are cleaned using an air flow with aluminum oxide granules. This system is configured in such a way that it carefully and accurately cleans the surface, but does not injure healthy areas of the enamel at all.

This new European technique allows you to safely treat cervical caries or a wedge-shaped defect without damaging healthy areas of the tooth, which is especially important in conditions of a shortage of tissue to fix the restoration.

IN THE PHOTO: AN EXAMPLE OF TREATMENT OF A WEDGE-shaped TOOTH DEFECT AT THE BIONIC DENTIS DENTAL CLINIC. BEFORE AND AFTER TREATMENT.

Treatment is carried out in the following sequence:

A topical anesthetic gel is applied to the patient’s gums to reduce the sensitivity of the mucous membrane.
the treatment area is anesthetized by injection of Ultracaine, which makes all manipulations 100% painless.
Using the Sandman system, softened, pigmented and infected tooth tissues are cleaned.
the bottom and walls of the cavity are processed using a dental laser for sterilization.
The tooth surface of the tooth is treated with an adhesive system.
a defect in the tooth enamel in the cervical area is restored using a light restoration system in such a way that it is not possible to notice such a restoration on the tooth.
The restoration is polished.

On average, treatment of a wedge-shaped defect or cervical dental caries using the Sandman system takes 30-40 minutes.

If there are several adjacent affected teeth, they are treated simultaneously.

The cost of treating one tooth is 14,000 rubles.

IN THE PHOTO: AN EXAMPLE OF TREATMENT OF CERVICAL TOOTH CARIES AT THE BIONIC DENTIS DENTAL CLINIC. BEFORE AND AFTER TREATMENT.

Additional doctor visits and procedures

Additional doctor visits and procedures	ALINERS	BRACKETS	VENEERS
Frequency of doctor visits	Once every 4-6 weeks	every 2 weeks	after fixation once 6 months
Probability of root canal treatment	low	low	high

You should most rarely visit a doctor after installing veneers, most often - every two weeks - when installing braces. Aligners are a relatively comfortable visit once every month to a month and a half.

Glass ceramic veneers E.max –

As we said above, ceramic materials for making veneers include not only porcelain and zirconium dioxide, but also glass ceramics E.max (). Today, this is the best option for making veneers, which combines the stunning aesthetics of porcelain veneers and high strength.

E.max is not just ceramics, it is glass ceramics. This material consists of translucent lithium disilicate crystals (i.e., it has a glass matrix, which in its optical properties is as similar as possible to real tooth enamel). In the hands of a qualified dental technician, E.max glass ceramics will give you the Hollywood smile of famous actors and music performers.

E.max veneers for front teeth: before and after photos

Emax veneers can be made from 2 varieties of this material - either from the “E.max PRESS” material or from the “E.max CAD” material. If you want to put veneers on your teeth, the price of E.max can vary greatly in different clinics, not only because of different pricing policies, but also because of the use of different E.max materials. How these materials differ – read below.

Veneers from E.max PRESS (Fig. 10-11) – E.max PRESS glass ceramics are designed for the production of veneers/crowns using injection molding, which makes them very strong (flexural strength 400 MPa).
From this material you can make not only standard veneers with a thickness of 0.6 mm, but also so-called “thin veneers” - only 0.3-0.4 mm thick. Thin veneers require either minimal grinding of the enamel on the front surface of the tooth, or sometimes they can be installed without disturbing the enamel at all. Moreover, the small thickness does not affect their strength. A special feature of E.max PRESS is a wide range of color shades and a choice of the degree of transparency of the material, which allows the dental technician to make ideal veneers from this material.

Veneers from E.max CAD (Fig. 12) – E.max CAD material is produced in the form of blocks intended for milling veneers/crowns on a CEREC program-controlled machine.
This technology is called CAD/CAM. By the way, exactly the same manufacturing method is used for zirconium dioxide veneers. The strength of veneers made from E.max CAD is about 360 MPa, which is also very good. Veneers made from E.max CAD are more expensive simply because their production requires very expensive equipment. As for aesthetics, E.max PRESS is a little better. This is due to the fact that E.max CAD has fewer options for selecting color shades and degrees of transparency of the material. As a result, there is a higher risk of mismatch between the veneers and the teeth adjacent to them - in color and transparency. And, by the way, thin veneers cannot be made from this material.

Important: we already wrote above how much veneers for the front teeth made of E.max glass ceramics cost. This is on average from 21,000 rubles for 1 veneer from E.max PRESS, and from 26,000 rubles from E.max CAD. Both materials are good, but you can safely choose the less expensive E.max pressed ceramic without worrying about its quality being inferior.

Trying on veneers from E.max + reviews (videos 2 and 3) –

Food and drink intake, habits. What is better - braces or aligners?

Eating and drinking habits	ALINERS	BRACKETS	VENEERS
Restrictions on food intake (diet)	Hardly ever	Yes	Yes
Can be removed while eating	Yes	No	No
Eating solid foods (nuts, crackers, etc.)	yes (without aligners, need to be removed)	No	Yes
Getting food between teeth when eating	No	Yes very many	No
Residual odor from the mouth after eating	No	Yes	No
Eating food with dyes	No	Yes	No
Alcohol consumption (over 21 years of age)	no pattern	no pattern	no pattern
Smoking (contraindicated when wearing or not)	acceptable	acceptable	acceptable

Here is perhaps the most interesting information for patients. Since we eat every day and several times. Additional structures in the form of braces, aligners or veneers should, in theory, make eating problematic. After all, they can break and come off. Is it so?

Aligners have no restrictions on food intake. Braces have a lot of

No matter how strange this statement may seem, aligners are significantly superior to braces and veneers for one, but cool, reason - they can simply be removed when eating. You will not have this option if you wear braces or veneers. Therefore, if you are a food lover and cannot deny yourself the desire to chew nuts, crackers and other hard treats, make the right choice. And even if you eat in the aligners, the risk of damaging the aligner itself, although present, is extremely small, since the aligners are a fairly strong mouthguard made of special plastic.

Orthodontists recommend wearing aligners 20-22 hours a day. This means you have 2-4 hours to eat and drink. This is more than enough to eat without problems.

Braces are the leading cause of food getting stuck. Aligners are the best!

The presence of rigid bridge-like structures on the teeth in the form of wire between the braces has given the undisputed leadership in the area of food stuck to braces. Everything you eat for breakfast, lunch and dinner gets stuck in the space between the tooth and the wire. And the design of the braces themselves, which are attached to the teeth, is such that food also clings to them and remains. And, if you don’t clean out food debris, it may stay in the mouth longer than usual - at least an odor appears. And the maximum is deposits on the teeth, which can lead to the destruction of its enamel. Deposits on the teeth, plaque around braces and in places where food often gets stuck - this is not the case with aligners for one simple reason: you can remove the aligners and brush your teeth normally.

Subsequent brushing of teeth and oral hygiene (more on them below) is a complete headache for the patient. Every day, several times and much more carefully than usual. Are you ready for such a waste of time? - then this should not prevent you from installing braces.

Veneers and aligners “do not suffer from the problem” of additional teeth cleaning, since food CANNOT get stuck in the aligners, and when eating food, veneers behave just like regular teeth with appropriate subsequent care for them.

Teeth brushing and oral hygiene: braces are underdogs. Veneers or aligners?

Brushing teeth and oral hygiene	ALINERS	BRACKETS	VENEERS
Difficulty with hygiene	No	Yes	No
The need to brush your teeth after every meal	no (rinse)	Yes	no (rinse)
Brushing teeth as usual without additional equipment	Yes	no irrigators, brushes, mono-beam brush	Yes
Possibility of using dental floss for cleaning	yes (optional)	yes (required)	yes (optional)
Possibility to use toothpicks	yes (optional)	yes (required)	No
Using special toothbrushes	No	Yes	No
The need to update your toothbrushes	Standard	on average once every 3 weeks (high wear)	Standard

What do we see in the table?

As we can see from the comparison table, the teeth that are the most difficult to care for are

- when wearing braces. There’s so much that’s missing here, look how many worries arise:

Do you need to brush your teeth and between braces after every meal? - Necessary
Will regular brushes work? - No, we need special ones and they are used up quickly
Is your teeth brushing routine? - No, you need jewelry and acrobatic precision to clean all the nooks and crannies of the braces supports and the contacts of the supports with wire, rubber bands, etc. quiet horror…
dental floss? - OF SURE, the leftover food will be impatiently waiting, absurdly stuck in the braces and tooth crevices when you pull them out with a creak.
what if you don't clean it well? — The smell of decomposing food will not take long to arrive. Brrrrrr

Second place in terms of cleaning difficulties

- veneers. In principle, there are no particular problems cleaning veneers. These are actually second teeth, tightly adjacent to the first, but ground. Here you need to think more about the quality of food, constantly check: what you eat is not particularly solid. And - constantly shake - what if it falls off and exposes the terrible skeleton/stump of the former tooth.

And there is also a huge problem with veneers: you need to know which clinic is the right place to install them. Well, patients suffer a LOT of complications due to negligence when attaching veneers. Look how it happens, don't watch it for the faint of heart!

Oh, well, we forgot the main thing - we’re talking about veneers here, but veneers are not a method of correcting a bite. This is an invasive procedure that changes the structure of the teeth. After veneers, teeth cannot be restored and you will have to wear veneers for the rest of your life.

In case of braces and aligners

- there is no such thing, these are removable orthodontic structures that are put on for a certain period of time (the braces are rigidly attached, the aligners can be removed freely), and then - after treatment there is no need to wear them and all the patient’s teeth are in order, they are all his own, not turned.

First place for cleaning comfort - aligners

Everything is absolutely natural:

took the aligners off my teeth, ate, brushed my teeth
rinsed the aligners
I put the aligners back on my teeth. ALL

During meals, the aligners can be stored in a personal box - box

Well, VERY convenient. See for yourself:

Wait, the girl here hasn’t packed the aligner in the box yet. Here you can better see how convenient it is:

How was the restoration of the front teeth carried out?

So, Aryuna had problem 4 front teeth; crowns and missing modules needed to be made on them:

two missing modules with tooth roots,
two crowns.

And we also decided to use the two upper canines

— put two Luxury veneers on them to make Aryuna’s smile more complete. Why did you decide to use fangs? – The canines had to be included in the group for restoring the aesthetics of a smile, because the 4 restored teeth will eventually, after 5 years, be noticeable in color - their own teeth will darken, but the veneers will not.

We ended up working with six teeth

Stages of smile restoration:

My first task

temporary crowns were removed and four teeth were prepared: two for a crown and two for monolithic crown + tooth root structures:

Second task

I had to minimally prepare the two upper canines for veneers, which I did.
I treated the fangs with micro-grinding. I also made six temporary structures in the first appointment. smile
immediately :

We removed the old temporary crowns, ground the teeth and made new temporary orthopedic structures, and after 4 days we received laboratory veneers: the color of the neck is 1M2, and the body of the tooth is 1M1:

At the second appointment, I removed the temporary structures, installed all six new teeth for fitting, and the patient really liked everything. And after that I recorded them permanently.

Sergey Samsakov

Patient comfort: braces or aligners? The answer is obvious

Patient comfort	ALINERS	BRACKETS	VENEERS
The patient sees the final result even before treatment begins	Yes	No	Yes
Must be worn without taking off	No	Yes	Yes
Psychological comfort	Yes	No	Not really
Possibility of forming complexes and isolation in young patients	No	Yes	No
Aesthetic appearance (visual comfort)	Yes	No	Yes
Feeling of discomfort in the mouth	No	Yes	No
Possibility of intense pain at the beginning of correction	No	Yes	Yes
Visibility in communication	No	Yes	No
Impaired diction	Hardly ever	Yes	No
Protection against dental injuries	Yes	No	No
Ease of installation	Yes	No	No
Comfortable to wear	Yes	No	Yes
Possibility of self-replacement	Yes	No	No
Possibility of peeling off	No	Yes	Yes
Refusal of the usual way of life, smiles and communication	No	Yes	No

Comfort #1 – The patient sees the final result before treatment begins

What does it mean? Treatment with braces (with the exception of lingual braces) is carried out by the orthodontist almost “blindly”, that is, it is almost impossible to predict the exact result of correcting the bite with braces.

In the case of veneers, the smile is designed while working with the patient, the veneers are tried on the teeth, and the patient accurately sees his future smile in the process of teeth transformation.

Before starting treatment with aligners, a prognosis is made for the patient - a virtual 3D setup. What is a virtual 3D setup? This is the magic inherent in aligners. See for yourself:

Virtual 3D setup - see your future beautiful smile

Treatment with aligners begins with diagnosis and drawing up a virtual setup for EACH patient. Using special software, the orthodontist obtains a three-dimensional model of the patient’s dental system. This allows you to calculate the trajectory of movement of all teeth, the timing of treatment, and the required number of sets of aligners for the entire course of treatment.

In this way, the final result will be visualized - the patient will be able to evaluate the aesthetics of the smile after his treatment without even starting it. Patients really like this approach - they can see their future smile, their straight teeth. The forecast of a 3D setup when straightening teeth with aligners comes true in almost 100% of cases.

What do activators for aligners look like?

When fixed to the teeth, aligners transmit their effect on tooth movements through activators - special points that the doctor places on parts of the teeth. They look schematically like this:

When wearing aligners, the activators are not visible. And after treatment, they are removed by the doctor, so that not a trace remains of them.

Comfort #2 - Can orthodontic appliances be removed?

Veneers

- are set forever. That is, until the subsequent possible peeling, when the doctor glues them back and the patient walks with them all his life.

Braces

- non-removable orthodontic equipment, the wearing of which the patient must accept for the entire period of occlusion correction.

Aligners

- you can take it off when the patient needs it: when eating, brushing teeth, you can even go to a restaurant or cafe and if you want, you can also take it off. And the rest of the time they must be worn for the therapeutic effect to occur. Really cool!

Comfort #3 – Psychological comfort

Wearing veneers does not cause psychological discomfort - after all, a smile with veneers looks great. Discomfort arises only when the veneer comes off and the skeleton of the tooth becomes visible (and it is ugly, believe me) on which, in fact, the veneer rests. And you need to run to the orthodontist as soon as possible so that he can return your beauty to its place.

Irina, who went through these methods of bite correction, talks in the video about psychological comfort with aligners and discomfort when wearing braces. Irina wore braces as a teenager, but the treatment was not completed. She was forced to wear braces, and it was difficult for her both psychologically and physically:

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How the shades of cement were selected during fixation

The work on dental restoration was varied, and we worked with both crowns and dental modules:

the upper anterior teeth, which were restored using “crown + tooth root” modules, were fixed with double-curing cement,
and those teeth on which I placed veneers and crowns were fixed with light-curing cement so that in bright daylight the glue would not be noticeable

Light reflecting off the crown or veneers can make the luting cement visible. In addition, due to the fact that the working surfaces of the teeth were of a non-uniform color, with the presence of a yellow tint, it was necessary to work with different colors of cement. That is, I used more yellow cement where the roots of the teeth were and used light-neutral-colored cement on the veneers and crowns to achieve a uniform color scheme. It's very difficult to get the color perfect

.
But we managed to do
:

Naturally, Aryuna is now the most super beautiful:

Aryuna, as I said earlier, works on television, she is a fairly public person - she interviews TV and show business stars. She appears on camera very often, and for her such a smile is not only a guarantee of her good mood, but also great confidence in herself and her abilities. After all, an open and cool smile is the key to female success
! This job, according to her, is the ideal solution for her. Made your smile easy, quick and beautiful!

Aryuna left a video review, short but very charming

:
And in conclusion of my story about this case of restoration of the front teeth, let’s once again go through all the stages
of transforming Aryuna’s smile:

Photo BEFORE the start of
dental restoration. Aryuna came to me with such a smile; she has old temporary structures.
View of temporary structures on the 6 anterior teeth of the upper jaw.
Temporary structures were removed and teeth and tooth roots were prepared for prosthetics.
Selecting the color of the veneers.
New temporary structures were installed. Your smile transformation has begun!
Aryuna's smile with new temporary structures.
In the meantime, we prepared the permanent teeth. This is how they “sit” on the model.
And this is what all the elements of the teeth that we will install for our patient look like
The teeth have been installed. Close-up - looks great!
View of a smile on the right
View of a smile from the left
FINISH!
ARYUNA'S SMILE WITH NEW TEETH!

Author:

Sergey Samsakov

orthopedic dentist

born 02/02/1989

Education:

2011 — Graduated from the Moscow State Medical and Dental University named after. A.I.Evdokimova

2012 — Internship in the specialty “Orthopedic Dentistry”, Moscow State Medical University named after. A.I.Evdokimova

2014 - Residency in Orthopedic Dentistry, Moscow State Medical University named after. A.I.Evdokimova

Seriously speaking, it is best to be treated with aligners

Why?
Yes, because they have a huge number of advantages over braces. There are only a few difficult dental pathologies that aligners cannot handle. But all other problems of crooked teeth are perfectly corrected by aligners! Star Smile is represented by orthodontists in more than 70 (!) cities of Russia. And we guarantee you the most comfortable prices for treatment with aligners! To make sure of this, leave a request for a FREE consultation with an orthodontist in your city. Do you want to visit an orthodontist completely free?

Alternatives to composite restorations –

An alternative to composite filling materials is ceramics, i.e. veneers, crowns, restorative inlays made from ceramics. The price corresponds to the quality, and therefore the cost of ceramic restorations will be significantly higher than composite dental fillings.

Veneers – if your front tooth is destroyed mainly only on the front side, and the lingual part of the tooth is not very damaged, then in this case the best alternative to restoration would be a ceramic veneer. Precisely from ceramics, because ceramics do not darken at all and do not lose their shine over time. The only drawback of this type of prosthetics is its cost.

Crowns (metal-ceramics or ceramics) - if your tooth is destroyed by more than 1/2 and especially if it is also depulped, we recommend abandoning restoration in favor of an artificial crown. By the way, restoring a tooth “from the root” costs the same as it costs to restore a tooth with a metal-ceramic crown.
Inlays - if you need to restore a lateral chewing tooth, then an alternative to restoring a tooth from a composite filling material can be a restorative inlay. In terms of reliability, service life and aesthetics, ceramic inlays are at least 3-4 times superior to restorations. We hope that our article was useful to you!

Sources:

1. Personal experience as a dentist, 2. National Library of Medicine (USA), 3. Harvard Medical School (USA), 4. “Adhesive ceramic restorations” (Manier P.), 5. “Aesthetic dentistry and ceramic restorations ( Tuati B.).