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Can Untreated Tongue Thrusting Cause Invisalign Therapy to Fail?
asked 8 months ago by samantha2549
Latest answer by Jacqueline Fulop-Goodling, DMD
Question viewed 169 times
Tags: failure, not working, tongue thrusting
Since i started invisalign 6 weeks ago, i noticed my mouth is extremely dry and a layer of film on teeth when remove trays. i am constantly brushing, flossing and cleaning trays. i also notice i am sucking trays. apply mi paste at night before put in trays. can the sucking habit and untreated thrusting habit cause treatment to fail? Can applying too much mi paste be causing film on teeth? any suggestions on how to minimize dry mouth?
1 answer to Can Untreated Tongue Thrusting Cause Invisalign Therapy to Fail?
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Untreated Tongue Thrust Can Cause Relapse After Invisalign Treatment
Your tongue is a very strong muscle! Tongue thrusting is the habit of pushing your tongue through the front of your teeth to move saliva/food/liquids to the back of your mouth in order to swallow. The proper method of swallowing would be your tongue forming a suction to the roof of your mouth, and the tip of your tongue never passing the ridge behind your front teeth. When preparing to swallow your tongue should be making a swooping motion to the back of your mouth, pushing the...
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