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In conjunction with your aligner treatment. It can be built into your treatment plan or Clinchek if you tell your Dr this in the beginning. Usually its done near the end of treatment.
If you bring the teeth down with invisalign, the teeth still may not be quite the right shape, having been filed down a bit. Be sure to choose a dentist who has done extrusion with Invisalign before and who will be ready to offer help with further contouring if needed or restorative treatment if the contouring you had done is excessive. As stated here previously, extrusion is not too predictable with Invisalign, but can be done. Best wishes!
Extrusion is one of the limitations of Invisalign. But slight extrusive movements are possible. It might require some small tooth colored attachments or buttons on your teeth or some slight re-contouring of the sides of your teeth. A consultation with a skilled Invisalign provider will help you know if it is possible. Good luck, Dr. D
Invisalign can efficiently and effectively bring canines down with proper treatment planning by the doctor and compliance by the patient.
It must be with the same dentist who started the case. You may be able to start where you ended but sometimes going back to aligner #1 or 2 is needed. Going to a new dentist requires a whole new fee MOST of the time...Dr Thomas
Invisalign is capable of moving teeth but not widening the underlying jaw bone. So if the "narrow arch" is a result of malposition of teeth, invisalign may be the appropriate choice. If it is due to lack of normal bone development then Invisalign may not be effective in...