Marietta Invisalign doctors

Since Invisalign treatment is a professional service there are some legal ramifications for offering Groupons or similar discounts for this type of treatment.  Align Techologies, the makers of Invisalign have notified all providers NOT to offer it in Groupons.  Doctors and Align can get in trouble for doing so.  So if a doctor is offering Invisalign in a Groupon, either they are engaged in risky behavior or they are using a cheaper, less effective subsitute. In fact they would have to use a subsitute in order to make a profit.  BEWARE! 

Teeth are crowded for a reason...not enough space.  IPR, slenderizing, or shaving...whatever you want to call... it is one way to make space.  It must be decided up front by your Invisalign doctor because that plays a role in how the aligners are fabricated.  One alternative is to have the aligners made to move the teeth outward.  This might be acceptable in some cases, but not in other.  The down side of "expanding" instead of IPR, is that it puts the teeth in competition with the muscle forces of the lips and cheeks.  So the teeth have a higher tendency to relapse back to where they started from - unless long term retainers are used.  So IPR is helpful and sometimes required for Invisalign to work. Even slight polishing of the contact points helps to frees up the teeth that were crammed tightly together to help them move successfully. 

Of all problems we correct as orthodontists, one of the more likely to be a recurring problem is a large diastema.  To minimize this from happening, fixed retention is critical to assure the space stays closed.  This is a small wire or bar that is bonded to the back of at least the two middle teeth.  As long as your bite will allow it to be there without the lower teeth biting against it, it should last a long time and be invisible to anyone but you and your dentist.  Since your other teeth need to be retained as well, either a clear "Essix" or "Vivera" retainer would be fine.  However, one advantage of using a traditional Hawley retainer is that it can be adjusted should the bonded retainer break and the space start creeping back open before you can get it fixed.  And it can happen rapidly, even years after your treatment.