I started invisalign treatment in Feb. 08 for crooked teeth. I'm wearing the last tray for bottom teeth and the result is not nearly satisfying. Before I had only one slightly crooked tooth at bottom and it's still crooked.
What makes it WORSE is the black triangles. I didn't have them before. At the beginning I thought it was part of the process of moving teeth around and it will eventually go away. My ortho told me last week that they will be permanet and there won't be any fix! my smile looks worse than before. I'm really desperate.
Can someone tell me if there is any fix? I wish I knew this before I started. My Ortho didn't warn me about this at all. I still have 6 more trays to go for upper teeth. I see more black triangles start forming between upper teeth. I can't stop wearing the trays since my biting is not corrected yet. I'm stuck. Can someone help???
Black triangles are formed from the combination of tapered teeth and receded gums or papilla (the triangular shaped gum tissue between teeth).
Often when teeth that were originally spaced come together the black triangles become more pronounced.
These black triangles can be eliminated with conservative bonding to fill in the triangles.
In other instances in which the triangles are larger veneers may be necessary.
