For Patients
MUNCHIES® and MUNCHIES® Maxx
Directions for use
1. Place the aligner over your teeth by hand and apply slight pressure with your fingers until it is seated almost completely.
2. Insert Munchies® or Munchies® Maxx device into your mouth and position it between the upper and lower front teeth. Insert your upper front teeth into the larger of the two grooves on the Munchies® or Munchies® Maxx device or your lower front teeth into the smaller groove, shown in the diagrams below.
3. With your teeth engaged in the device, gently bite down on the Munchies® or Munchies® Maxx device and work the aligner into place until you feel that it is fully seated, especially in the front of your mouth. This will take about 20-30 seconds each time.
4. With the aligner in place, place the Munchie between your upper and lower canine teeth on one side of your mouth and bite up and down for 30 seconds, shown in the diagram below.
5. Focus on one area at a time and ensure that gentle forces are applied to all of your teeth, both upper and lower, front and back
6. Repeat this use of Munchies® or Munchies® Maxx devices at every aligner reinsertion.
Lifecycle expectancy with recommended usage
Each Munchies® and Munchies® Maxx device is designed to aid in the seating of clear aligners. They should be used at each aligner insertion (or reinsertion), to seat (or reseat) for 30 seconds in the anterior region and 30 seconds in each posterior segment. The standard reinsertion protocol should not exceed more than 5 events per day. Each Munchies® and Munchies® Maxx device is designed for 14 days of this protocol. Any usage exceeding this recommended protocol or aggressive chewing will reduce the lifecycle expectancy of the Munchies® or Munchies® Maxx, and may lead to premature tearing or fracture.
Most Munchies® devices last about two to four weeks if the correct forces have been applied.
MUNCHIES® EPS
Directions for use
1. Place the aligner over your teeth by hand and apply slight pressure with your fingers until it is seated almost completely.
2. Insert Munchies® EPS device into your mouth and position it between the upper and lower front teeth. Insert your upper front teeth into the larger of the two grooves on the Munchies® EPS device or your lower front teeth into the smaller groove, shown in the diagrams below.
3. With your teeth engaged in the device, gently bite down on the Munchies® EPS device and work the aligner into place until you feel that it is fully seated, especially in the front of your mouth. This will take about 20-30 seconds each time.
4. Once completed, move the ridged arm of the Munchies® EPS device into your mouth and position it between the upper and lower teeth in the side (premolar area), as shown in the diagram below.
5. Then gently bite down on the Munchies® EPS device until you feel that the aligners are fully seated, especially in the back of your mouth.
6. Focus on one area at a time and ensure that gentle forces are applied to all of your teeth, both upper and lower, front and back.
7. Repeat this use of Munchies® EPS device at every aligner reinsertion.
Lifecycle expectancy with recommended usage
Each Munchies® EPS device is designed to aid in the seating of clear aligners. They should be used at each aligner insertion (or reinsertion), to seat (or reseat) for 30 seconds in the anterior region and 30 seconds in each posterior segment. The standard reinsertion protocol should not exceed more than 5 events per day. Each Munchies® EPS device is designed for 14 days of this protocol. Any usage exceeding this recommended protocol or aggressive chewing will reduce the lifecycle expectancy of the Munchies® EPS and may lead to premature tearing or fracture.
Most Munchies® devices last about two to four weeks if the correct forces have been applied.