I started my Invisalign treatment, and my ortho now recommends that the 2 wisdom teeth be removed because the trays are not covering them, and therefore they might affect the treatment. Is this true? Will there be any other adverse effect by removing my wisdom teeth mid treatment? I am also curious because all the trays have already been made with the ends of them stopping suddenly at the wisdom teeth, once these are removed, wouldn't that require refinements, and new trays?
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Round tripping is most commonly seen in the lower anterior crowding situation. Similar to an airline ticket where you start in one city and then return, with Invisalign one is moving teeth away, lining them up, and then returning to the original spot (but rotated or some other improvement)...
It is charged up front, as all the aligners are created at once. This is probably the single biggest drawback to Invisalign, as it is a flat fee and 100% due at the initial onset.
If I am correct, the tooth of which you speak is a lateral incisor. These little rascals can be difficult to reposition with Invisalign since the neighboring teeth are so much bigger and the plastic of the aligners seems to by-pass the laterals in efficiency. But even with this...