Is invisalign cause of my headaches?

November 27th, 2009

Q. Since beginning invisalign I have been getting headaches quite regularly, for about two weeks now. This is something I had when I was younger wbut which went away and I am not happy that it has returned. Is it because of the strain or even stress of wearing the things? Any of your patients had the same problem?
A. I’ve not had any patients complaining of getting a headache from wearing the Invisalign aligners.

It maybe wise to see your Invisalign dentist to report this.

A possible theory is that being a new object in the mouth (the aligners), your brain (whilst you are sleeping) is trying to fit the upper and lower teeth together as much as possible and the aligners are in the way. So the brain is getting your muscles to move your jaw around to get the upper and lower teeth to sit as they once were (before the aligners). By doing this so much whilst your as sleep the muscles get tired, full of lactic acid (as if you have done exercise) and are very tense; similiar to cramp. This could be manifested as a headache.

A thorough examination done by the dentist could identify the muscles responsible and try to identify a solution for you.

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