What If Using The Wand Doesn’t work?
If there’s too much excess material on your aligners which you can’t remove by using wand by itself, you can use small scissors to trim, and then use the Wand to smooth off the new edge.
However before doing this, please let your dentist know by using the Chat feature found on our award winning app – search Tooth Fairy in the App/Google Play stores.
The dentist will be able to advise you how best to trim the aligners either on the chat or by arranging a short video call.
Only use scissors/cuticle scissors after speaking to your dentist. Gently cut away at the high part, being careful to not have your fingers near the area being cut. As with filing, please do this gradually, one step at a time trying to remove as little material as possible each time.
Aligners job is to move the teeth so always make sure you do not trim below the gum line so that the aligner is always covering all of the tooth surface with a small amount of material left above the teeth!