02/07/2026
According to a 2023 study by Kravitz et al., 17.2% of clear aligner patients had to switch to braces to achieve adequate results (in our office, I would put that number at 20-30%). The average clear aligner treatment plan required 2.5 revisions to achieve adequate results, which means that half the time, patients went through the process three times. Oh and by the way, the average clear aligner treatment time went more than 5 months longer than expected.
Clear aligners have their place in orthodontics. After all, we offer them at Androscoggin Orthodontics! But before we start wrapping little blue gift boxes of aligners for you, it's good to get sound advice on whether they will work for you!
P.S. we make them ourselves to control costs, so if you do need to make the switch to braces, we won't upcharge you for it.😀