Invisalign and Facelift

Manish Raj Gupta, MD answers: Will Face Lift before Invisalign have an effect on the impressions?

I am planning on having a Face Lift and I am also doing Invisaligns. I am scheduled to get my impressions before I have the lift. Will the surgery change anything as far as the impressions are concerned? Should I wait until after the surgery to have the impressions done? Thank you.


Manish Raj Gupta, MD
9 months ago

For a true "facelift", i.e. tightening of the jowls, neck, and jawline, there should be no change in the impressions used for either braces (invisalign) or veneers (lumineers). That being said, all facelift procedures are not created equal, so if there is a portion of the procedure that involves the peri-oral area (around the mouth) there may be subtle changes, (such as lip enhancement) that might affect the way the new teeth are seen. However, since most facelifts involve soft tissue changes only, I am hard pressed to think of a reason why the teeth impressions (essentially a portion of the bony structures) might be affected.

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