FAQ > bestsmile Aligner

For best results, wear your aligners 22 hours a day. For eating and dental hygiene, you can remove them at any time.

For best results, wear your Night Aligners for 8–10 hours during the night.

On average, the Night Aligner treatment takes between 4–14 months. It also depends on how many Aligners are required to straighten your teeth.

On average, the aligner treatment takes between 3–12 months. It also depends on how many aligners are required to straighten your teeth.

You will feel pressure on your teeth. This is perfectly normal and means that your teeth are moving into the desired position. With each new aligner, the feeling of pressure decreases after 3–4 days.

If you experience pain while wearing the aligners, please contact your bestsmile practice immediately. You can find the contact details of our practices here .

You should remove your aligners before eating and before drinking alcohol, hot drinks such as coffee or tea and soft drinks.

Otherwise, your aligners may become deformed or discoloured.

However, you do not have to remove your aligners to drink water.

By the way, in your bestsmile box you will find an aligner case to store your braces while you eat. So you’re always flexible, even when you’re on the go.

We strongly advise against it. Chewing gum can stick to the aligners and damage them.

If you remove your aligners first, you are free to eat whatever you like.

We recommend removing your aligners for smoking. Otherwise, your aligners can get stained and deform.

To clean your aligners, use cold running water. You may also use a toothbrush and a little white toothpaste if necessary.

At the beginning of your treatment, you may have a slight lisp until your tongue gets used to the aligners. But that goes away fairly quickly.

You may wear your aligners for most sports activities without any restrictions. For contact sports such as boxing, ice hockey etc, the aligners should be removed.

If your aligners don’t fit properly or cause pain, call your bestsmile practice or contact us by e-mail at info@bestsmile.ch . We will take care of it straight away.

You can find the contact details of your bestsmile practice here .

Please contact us so that we can deliver a replacement aligner as soon as possible. We will replace the first two aligners free of charge, additional ones are CHF 100 per piece.

You can reach them any time by phone, e-mail or in your practice. You can find the contact details of your bestsmile practice here .