What does invisalign power ridge mean?

Focused power: 'power ridges' are a recent advancement with invisalign aligners..Their purpose is to provide more torque to move the roots of the teeth! invisalign has done some incredible improvements over the last 5 years to provide better applied forces, to move teeth more effectively.

Bump in the aligner: Power ridge is a small bump in the aligner, which provides a slight additional force to the roots of the front teeth. It is automatically placed by the invisalign computers when necessary.

Torque: A power ridge is a small bump in the aligner, which allows the orthodontist a mechanism to create a slight additional force to the roots of the front teeth to move them.

Force delivery: The power ridge concept is to put extra pressure on the root of the tooth. They can be used to accomplish an in and out tipping of the front teeth.