How Do Teeth Move With Clear Aligners?

In the book 'CLEAR PLATES TECHNIQUE' written by Doctor Sandra Tai; she said; 'clear plates are the future of orthodontics'. Due to rapidly changing developments in the field of digital orthodontics, transparent orthodontics is truly seen as the orthodontics of the future.

Here, the question that our patients are wondering is, "How do these transparent plates enable the teeth to move?"

In classical orthodontics, the logic of brackets being glued to the teeth and pulling them is easily understood by our patients. The logic is similar in transparent orthodontics. Teeth move from one place to another with the pushing movement of the buttons glued to the teeth and the pushing force created by the pressure applied by the plates.

Transparent trays are attached to the teeth in a way by covering the entire tooth; the more tray material a tooth is covered with, the better the attachment will be. For this reason, wearing the tray regularly at all times other than eating will ensure that this pushing movement is as desired.

In transparent plate treatments, the location of the button to be attached to the teeth can be determined in advance and these button locations can be changed at different stages of the treatment. In this context, transparent plates provide an extremely good pushing movement, and similarly, the buttons used for the pushing movement of the teeth can be immobilized from time to time.

In this context, transparent plates have the ability to move teeth as a group in treatments that involve removing some of the teeth from the jaw bone and embedding the jaw bone to some extent (extrusion, intrusion).
In orthodontics performed with wires or brackets, while a tooth is moved, the other teeth that are supported by it are moved. In other words, while a tooth is buried, the other teeth can grow. In transparent orthodontics, the teeth can be moved as a group.
In order to eliminate the incompatibility of the teeth with each other, a slight filing process can be done on the enamel structure of the teeth, especially to ensure that the middle part fits.
With the method called IPR, irregularities in the enamel of the teeth are corrected and the teeth are brought to the desired position.

In a more transparent orthodontic treatment, the inconsistency of tooth dimensions is corrected from the front as part of the planning, and the dimensional irregularity is also eliminated during the treatment.
The clear plate technique requires a proactive and disciplined approach, which begins with the physician's approach and continues with the patient's compliance and discipline during use.