Invisalign® Treatment in Washington, D.C.

Your Invisalign treatment at Presidential Dental Group will begin with a member of our staff taking digital "impressions" of your upper and lower teeth using our office's sophisticated intraoral scanning equipment. These impressions will be used to build a personalized treatment plan, which will be sent to a laboratory that will craft your customized clear aligner trays. Once your Invisalign trays have been shipped to our office, you'll return to pick them up and learn how to use them. The Invisalign aligners should be worn for a minimum of 20 – 22 hours every day and only taken out before brushing, flossing your teeth, eating meals or snacks, or drinking. Over time, the aligners will slowly shift your teeth into their proper position. Approximately every 1 – 2 weeks, you will swap your current pair of aligners for the next in the series.

The length of time required for your Invisalign treatment will depend on the original alignment of your teeth and your own aesthetic goals, but most of our teenage and adult patients use their aligners for 1 – 2 years. Throughout your treatment, our trained Invisalign dentists will schedule regular checkups to monitor your progress. Once your Invisalign treatment is done, you'll be given a set of custom Vivera® containers to wear to keep your teeth from shifting any further. After they're delivered to our Washington, D.C. dental office, our staff will explain when to wear your orthodontic retainers and ways to maintain them.