Q. I am going to get invisalign to fix the slight crookedness of my teeth and have been okay’d my the dentist. I am also going to try and use this opportunity to help me stop smoking. Do you know if any of your patients have been helped out by having the aligners at the same time? I suppose it makes it harder to do so and also cuts out snacks that you may try to replace the nicotene with.
A.
Alot of patients who stop smoking want to improve the appearance of their teeth and which great for self confidence. With Invisalign treatment the majority of my patients do not smoke and some use it as a trigger to stop smoking. There are a very small minority of patients who continue to smoke with aligners in their mouth and this can cause alot of staining on the surface of the teeth over a very short period of time so I do not recommend doing this. With snacking and chewing nicotine containing gum, this should only be done with the aligners out of the mouth otherwise they will crack and be damaged easily.
Dr Kailesh Solanki
Kissdental
157 Woodsend Road, Flixton, Manchester, M41 8GN
Web: www.kissdental.co.uk Tel: 0161 748 5250
