I have been wearing Invisalign for 6 months and have about 9 months remaining. I have been informed that I have some small cavities and my dentist would like to fill them. He said that this could cause some issues with the trays fitting and that I might have to have new ones made. I do not want to pay for new trays as I have already paid for the remaining 9 months. What would you suggest? I have never had a cavity before this time and I am 44 years old.
January 15, 2012
Answer: Getting new fillings while in invisalign treatment
The size and location of the fillings are two factors that may affect aligner fitment. If the fillings only cover a small portion of the chewing surface of your back teeth, it may not be an issue. If you have several teeth to be filled, my advice is to have your dentist fill one tooth at a time and check aligner fit before filling the next tooth.
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January 15, 2012
Answer: Getting new fillings while in invisalign treatment
The size and location of the fillings are two factors that may affect aligner fitment. If the fillings only cover a small portion of the chewing surface of your back teeth, it may not be an issue. If you have several teeth to be filled, my advice is to have your dentist fill one tooth at a time and check aligner fit before filling the next tooth.
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January 14, 2012
Answer: Fillings under Invisalign Aligners
Talk to your dentist to see how deep these cavities are. There may be a way to pospone these fillings until your invisalign active care is complete using good home care and one of the remineralization/fluoride products. Then, if needed, new impressions could be made after your fillings to create retainers to hold the teeth in their new positions ( You might even need to create some refinement aligners at this point which would require new impressions anyway).
There is also a midcourse correction provision Invisalign has for changes in the middle of care where new impressions are needed, and you are not charged for this.
If there are only few small fillings, they could be completed carefully, then proceed to completion on current aligners and then have some impressions and create some refinement aligners at the end if things are not just right. This also generally does not cost anything.
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January 14, 2012
Answer: Fillings under Invisalign Aligners
Talk to your dentist to see how deep these cavities are. There may be a way to pospone these fillings until your invisalign active care is complete using good home care and one of the remineralization/fluoride products. Then, if needed, new impressions could be made after your fillings to create retainers to hold the teeth in their new positions ( You might even need to create some refinement aligners at this point which would require new impressions anyway).
There is also a midcourse correction provision Invisalign has for changes in the middle of care where new impressions are needed, and you are not charged for this.
If there are only few small fillings, they could be completed carefully, then proceed to completion on current aligners and then have some impressions and create some refinement aligners at the end if things are not just right. This also generally does not cost anything.
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