Most people are aware of Invisalign teeth aligners. However, most people are not familiar with – Bioliners™. An orthodontic lab named Five Star Orthodontic developed the concept of Bioliners™. This clear appliance can be used for minor tooth movement similar to INVISALIGN BUT MORE AFFORDABLE.

What Is a Bioliner™?

A bioliner is a tooth aligner made of 0.030mm ultra clear plastic with a soft thermal plastic insert. To make a bioliner, Dr. Sparks first sends Five Star a set of patient models. The dental lab will reset the teeth to be aligned in the stone models. They make a soft thermal plastic insert to fit over the reset teeth. The dental lab then makes a plastic suck down retainer over the model with the plastic insert in place. When a patient wears the suck down retainer, the thermal plastic insert exerts a gentle pressure on the teeth to be moved. The thermal plastic insert is the key to this aligner. The insert is flexible enough to allow the patient to easily take the appliance on and off, yet rigid enough to move teeth.

What Can the Bioliner™ Be Used For?

The soft insert allows movement of the teeth up to about 1¹⁄2mm per tray depending upon the space. Up to three Bioliners™ can be made from the original models. If more movement is needed, the dentist can re-impress after the three Bioliners™ have been used and make a new set of aligners. Bioliners™ are used to correct cases with rotated teeth, tipped teeth and minor relapse cases. Just like Invisalign - they are not intended to be used to correct Class II, Class III, open bites, closed bites or excessive crowding.

I like to use Bioliners™ for:

• MINOR CROWDING CASES where the patient does not want fixed appliances and CANNOT AFFORD INVISALIGN.
• Patient does not wear (or loses) retainers and experiences some relapse after prior treatment.
• Finished a fixed case, but notice that one or more teeth still need some minor correction.
• Patient requests to take braces off early Bioliner can sometimes be used as a finishing appliance. 

  Pros of Bioliners™:

  • Bioliners™ cost a lot less than Invisalign. (Their main advantage.)
  • Takes less suck down aligners than Invisalign. One Bioliner can move teeth further than one Invisalign aligner

                                           

           BEFORE TREATMENT                                                  AFTER BIOLINER                

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