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Can you overuse aligner chewies?

I recently started Invisalign and when I received my first set of trays, I was also given a few plastic sticks called chewies. My dentist

Trouble eating with new Invisalign attachments. Will it get better?

I got 15 Invisalign attachments put on today. 9 upper, 6 lower. Mostly all in the back/sides. Without the aligners over them, they are very

Can Invisalign crack my crowns?

Hi I have four crowns on my top front teeth. Now I need to do invisilign as the crowns are grinding down my bottom teeth due to my over

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Unable to chew with Invisalign attachments. Is this normal?

I wore the my first tray for 2 weeks with no attachments, and today I just got my second tray, and the attachments on. I have 3 on each

Cannot chew properly after invisalign treatment, what can be done? (Photos)

I have started invisalign treatment 19 trays ago (2 weeks per tray) and just finished it, but now I cannot chew properly especially on the

Open Bite after Invisalign. Can you reassure me?

I finished my first round of Invisilign, and my back teeth did not touch, only my front teeth. This caused problems chewing. Now I'm on my

Is the inability to chew using your back teeth with Invisalign attachments (to the backs of a patient's teeth) normal?

I am on my third set of tray and today I had to VERY large wedge-shaped attachments put on the back side of my upper two front teeth, to

What Can I Do About the Constant Urge to Chew on my Invisalign Trays?

I have this constant urge to chew on my plastic invisalign trays. My jaws are always clenched and I am always chewing/grinding.

The uppers & lowers molars are independent and the gap between molars is even wider after Invisalign. Is this normal? (photo)

Reason for braces: no molar contact. On tray 11 of 24, front teeth are straighter, but still no molar contact yet. Is that OK? Top