Removing your Invisalign braces may take a little practice, but generally speaking taking out your Invisaligns out is pretty easy to do. The hardest time you will have with Invisalign removal is likely to be the very first time that you try to remove your Invisalign braces. It gets easier very quickly, although bear in mind that the first few times you remove your Invisaligns after switching to a new set, it may be a little trickier than with the previous set. This is because, of course, by the end of two weeks with a given set of Invisalign braces, your teeth have shifted enough that the Invisaligns are a bit looser than they were on the first day that you put them in.
Here are a couple of tips to help make removing your Invisalign braces even easier for you.
First, it is generally much easier to remove your Invisaligns by starting at the back of your mouth, at your very back molars, and hooking your fingernails just under the bottom in the back, and then working them off from the back forward. You’ll probably want to start at just one end, and work your way around (i.e. don’t try starting at both ends and working your way toward the middle).
Second – and this really does help – if you are finding your Invisaligns particularly snug (say, after switching to a new set), swish some lukewarm water around in your mouth before starting to remove your Invisaligns. I have found that this can really help to lubricate your Invisaligns just enough to make the difference between an easy removal, and having to wrestle with them.
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