# Aligner Care Notes
> Aligners need cleaning too. Gentle methods, what to avoid and how to keep them clear. Written for everyday readers, with honest limits.

## Guides
- [A Gentle Method for Cleaning Aligners](https://how-to-clean-clear-aligners.pages.dev/aligner-cleaning-method/): A sound aligner cleaning method is short and gentle: rinse in cool water, brush softly with a clean brush, rinse again and keep the aligners moist or in their.
- [Why Aligners Turn Cloudy](https://how-to-clean-clear-aligners.pages.dev/aligner-cloudiness/): Aligner cloudiness usually comes from a soft film of saliva and bacteria, tiny surface scratches, mineral deposits from water, or heat and staining from drinks.
- [Aligners and Drinks](https://how-to-clean-clear-aligners.pages.dev/aligners-and-drinks/): On the question of aligners and drinks, the common advice is plain water only while the aligners are in, and to take them out for everything else.
- [Keeping the Aligner Case Clean](https://how-to-clean-clear-aligners.pages.dev/aligner-case-hygiene/): A clean aligner case is part of looking after the aligners themselves, because anything left growing in the case goes straight back onto your teeth.
- [How Many Hours a Day to Wear Aligners](https://how-to-clean-clear-aligners.pages.dev/aligner-wear-time/): Most aligner plans ask for the aligners to be worn for the large majority of every day and taken out only for eating, drinking anything other than water, and.

## About
- [About Aligner Care Notes](https://how-to-clean-clear-aligners.pages.dev/about/): not medical advice, how the site is funded and how guides are made

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