Will invisalign hurt worse or less than regular braces? i don't have real crooked teeth, and invisalign seems like it could be an option. i really just want the least pain possible while my teeth are straightened, though.

With : With invisalign the rate of tooth movement is preset by your dentist before you even start treatment and cannot be changed once the aligners are made. If a patient has a low threshold for pain, there is little the dentist can do. With conventional braces the dentist can alter the rate of tooth movement based on the feedback from the patient. So in the case of the patient with the low threshold the dentist can adjust the force down a bit to keep the patient comfortable. In the case of the patient with a high pain threshold the dentist using braces can speed the rate up a notch. Most patients are very comfortable with invisalign treatment, but if you want to play it safe go with braces.

Iowa : Iowa city, pain is word i don't hear used by my patients to describe their invialign experience. Most invisalign patients report felling nothing. About a third of my invisalign patients report a felling of tightness or soreness for the first few days of each tray. These patients sometimes take Motrin or advil (ibuprofen) for relief as needed, but most don't find that necessary. Hope this is helpful, michael i. Wollock, dmd, agd fellow dentistry at suburban square 610-649-0313 www.Dentistryatsuburbansquare.Com.

Neither: With modern orthodontics, neither treatment should hurt much-- invisalign may be a little more painless but will cost you more in all likelyhood.

No: Teeth to not "understand" how they are moved. The discomfort is the physiologic reaction to movement. With that in mind, invisalign hurts the same if the movement is the same. It is important to realize that invisalign due to the constraints of physics is more of a tipping technology, as such the root does not move through the bone to the same extent as with fixed appliance therapy.

Experience: From patient experience, discomfort from invisalign is mildly less than braces for many patients; however, the only way to determine if it is an option in your case is to seek an opinion with a licensed orthodontic specialist.

Invisalign hurt less: Being a dental professional who had traditional adult ortho and now having nearly 100 adult invisalgn cases, the feedback from my patients are that not only does the invisalign treatment aligners look better, but they are never sore more than a day or two-nothing advil (ibuprofen) can't handle. My person experience was that my mouth and teeth hurt for at least a week after each ortho visit. I'd pick invisalgn.

Less: My invisalign patients report less, if any, pain for the first couple of days after the start a new set of aligners. My own experience tells me that aligners cause less pain when starting a new set than traditional braces do.

Discomfort: Both systems can cause equivalent amount of tooth discomfort, but aligners kinder to the soft tissues initially. The real question is which works better. They are not equivalent appliances. Braces still the gold standard (90-95% improvement), aligners provide compromised result (65-70% improvement. Please consult with a fully qualified Orthodontic Specialist.