Question
Most of the time, yes. Biting refers to how your upper and lower teeth come together.
If you are lucky you can just wear the plastic aligners which are preprogrammed to move your teeth to bite itself nicely.
More severe cases might require wearing elastic bands and by being able to wear the band, it provides more treatment opportunities for Invisalign such as correcting the bite. For more severe cases, it might require surgery to shift the entire jaw itself.
Usually wisdom teeth are not aligned during Invisalign unless the teeth are fully erupted an in function (you are using it to chew). I do not routinely ask my patients to remove their wisdom teeth prior to Invisalign as we do not usually require the space that the wisdom teeth occupy for alignment. In certain specific cases, the upper wisdom teeth may need to be removed to allow distalization (where all the teeth are moved backwards in the arch) as part of a camouflage treatment.
Clear aligner as a treatment alternative to traditional braces is indeed a growing market, thanks to the advances in 3D technology. It is no wonder that in recent times, there are quite a few clear aligner companies in the market. Invisalign, Zenyum and Clear Smile are all laboratories that produce clear aligners which are custom made appliances that gradually push teeth to effect the same result as braces except that these braces are less conspicuous, more comfortable and removable.
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