This is a common question we’re asked by dentists: I grind my teeth, will this cause issues with my clear aligner treatment? In this video, we explain how dentists should think about this in practice.

You’re aware that you’re a bruxist, I. E. You clench and grind your teeth at nighttime, will that affect your clear aligner treatment? Now, compared to most clear aligner providers, S4S and Smilelign are quite uniquely positioned in that we’re a splint specialist lab and we do a lot of work with bruxism devices to help reduce or sometimes help the pain symptoms of bruxism as well. So there is a way around it. It can be quite involved and it depends on the conversation with yourself to find out what the symptoms are, how can we balance the best of both worlds and getting the teeth aligned nicely and obviously easing the symptoms of clenching and grinding your teeth. But yes, we work around that and find a solution that works where you get the best of both worlds.