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Why are my Invisalign trays starting to push away from the surface of my two front teeth?

SKOLYMar 3, 2017
At the end of my last set of trays I noticed the tray at gum line of my two front teeth was pushing away from the surface of my teeth and leaving a bit of a gap between it and the tray. When I started tray 11 it was sitting flat on my teeth again. However, a few days of wearing it and it has starting to do the same thing as the last tray. I have two attachments on my both my front teeth and my trays are seating well and sitting flush otherwise. Is this normal?

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Dr. Joseph H. Hidalgo, DDS
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Answered on Mar 6, 2017
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