Keep looking professional with Invisalign in Harley Street

When you meet someone for the first time, you use the first few seconds of the encounter to make all sorts of snap judgments about them. Their hair, their clothes, their size, their smile can all lead you to fill in the gaps about their life that you cannot possibly know and then you will treat them accordingly. We all do it, it’s human nature, and back in the long distant past, those snap judgments kept us away from dangerous or diseased people.

Invisalign in Harley StreetCould an intrinsic awareness of this be behind our image consciousness? Almost certainly. And image consciousness plays an important part in whether or not people invest in getting their teeth straightened. The cost/benefit question associated with the making of this decision goes something like: ‘Is it going to be more harmful to my image to wear ugly braces for a number of months, or to spend my life with misaligned teeth?’

For people in jobs where they need to look competent and highly professional at all times, it can often be a better bet not to have braces. Metal braces have long been associated with adolescence and being awkward and friendless. None of which are great if you are a barrister, a police officer, or a doctor. It’s hard to be taken seriously when you have a railway junction where your teeth should be.

Invisalign in Harley Street to the rescue

Thankfully, you can get your teeth straightened and maintain your professional image when you use clear aligners made by Invisalign from us at Harley Street Dental Clinic. Instead of metal brackets and wires, you receive a series of aligners that look like mouth guards made out of very thin, transparent plastic.

The aligners have pressure points inside them that gently shift the teeth into alignment. You wear each one in the series until the feeling of pressure wears off, which takes 7-10 days, and then you put in the next one.

It’s hard to see the aligners over the teeth and they don’t interfere with speech, so no one will spot them, and you get to keep your professional image intact.

Come in for a consultation to find out more about Invisalign in Harley Street.