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Seoul Clear Aligners: You’ll Regret It If You Don’t Know This

Seoul Bardi Dental Clinic · ✅ 강동구 상일동역 서울바르디치과 · June 18, 2025

Hello, I’m Lee Juri, the chief doctor at Seoul Bardi Dental Clinic. Clear aligners don’t work. I shouldn’t have done it. Lately, when I hear things like this in online communities...

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Clinic: Seoul Bardi Dental Clinic

Original post date: June 18, 2025

Translated at: April 20, 2026 at 4:15 PM

Medical note: This translation does not guarantee medical accuracy or suitability for treatment decisions.

Hello,

I’m Lee Juri, the chief doctor at Seoul Bardi Dental Clinic.

Clear aligners don’t work.

I shouldn’t have done it.

Lately, when I hear things like this in online communities or among people around me,

I wonder, “Did I start Invisalign for nothing?”

Should I have gone with wire braces??

Many people are worried about this.

Half of that is true, and half is not.

Because the effectiveness of clear aligners ultimately depends on this one thing for the patient.

Seoul clear aligners: you’ll regret it if you don’t know this.

Today, I’ll share essential information about clear aligners that can help reduce your regret~!

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Do clear aligners really not work???

To say it first, it’s not that they don’t work—it’s that they don’t work if you don’t wear them.

If you don’t wear the appliance for more than 20 hours a day, it can become an expensive piece of plastic.

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Clear aligners are not just simple plastic shapes.

Through 3D simulation, the tooth movement path is calculated precisely, and a highly engineered system guides orthodontic treatment by sequentially producing customized appliances.

But for all of this to proceed as planned, it is only possible on the premise that the appliance is worn for more than 20 hours.

If you do not follow this rule, no matter how precise the simulation is, the teeth that need to move will not move.

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Whether it becomes a piece of plastic or an orthodontic appliance...

ultimately, it depends on the patient.

Clear aligners have the big advantages of being hard to see

and causing little discomfort,

but the willingness to wear them properly on your own is what matters most.

If you come home, wash up, fall asleep while watching TV, or eat, take them out, and then put them back in only after a long time,

then your teeth will not move at all.

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In the end, the treatment period gets longer, and you won’t get the results you wanted.

The patient feels stressed because there’s no progress,

and the treatment period keeps getting lo~~nger, while satisfaction with the treatment drops sharply.

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To be honest, if you don’t think you’ll be able to wear the appliance properly, choose wire braces from the start.

Once wire braces are attached, force is applied continuously regardless of your will.

By contrast, with clear aligners, if you don’t wear them, nothing happens.

They can either become nothing more than an expensive piece of plastic, or they can become the best appliance to complete your smile.

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If you want to avoid regretting clear aligners, from the moment you read this, please wear them properly.

And if you’re not confident from the start, don’t hesitate—choose wire braces that are attached to the teeth.

Today, I explained what you must know before starting clear aligners,

and what could cost you 5 million won if you proceed without knowing it.

Clear aligners You probably chose them after a long period of consideration.

Whether they end up as nothing more than an expensive piece of plastic, or become the last orthodontic appliance of your life, depends only on your wearing habits.

Everyone wants beautiful teeth.

But beautiful teeth grow on willpower.

If you want to make a choice without regret, you can ask for help~

This has been Director Lee Juri.

Thank you!

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