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Because Invisalign is Orthodontic Treatment it is usually covered by your FSA. The best person to ask is your HR team and confirm that they don't have any stipulations in this regard.
Orthodontic treatment isnt always just cosmetic. To straighten the teeth improves oral health and bite correction stabilizes a malocclusion.
Invisalign is orthodontic appliance, so since orthodontic treatment is allowed as an FSA expense, Invisalign is "covered". Different companies have different rules concerning amounts set aside and the timing of how funds are used for orthodontics. Contact the human resourced department where you work to get the details of how your FSA works.
FSA accounts normally cover anything medically related that is not cosmetic. Most adults undergo invisalign either for malocclusion or crowding. When teeth are crowded they are harder to clean and can lead to gum disease. This is something that is not cosmetic and should be covered by an FSA account.
FSA typically covers anything medically necessary and not cosmetic or elective. Generally, you may be getting invisalign because you have cosmetic concerns. However, if your teeth are not straight, then you have a malocclusion, which is medically justified to treat with orthodontics (Invisalign is Orthodontics). A vast majority of the population has some sort of malocclusion - they just live with it. In short, yes FSAs do cover invisalign because you are treating a medical condition of malocclusion.
I correct over bite all the time in my practice using Invisalign alone and having a few attachments on each side of the mouth. Elastics are usually used to pull a tooth down into position and seeings how overbite is front teeth that are already too far down it seems senseless. Buck teeth...
The filing of the enamel is safe and effective way to gain space for tooth movements. I dont think removing a wisdom tooth will help you that much...maybe after Invisalign you can have them removed for jaw stability if you like but helping with invisalign is minimal..
Ask your dentist to put in pontics into those spaces so that when you're wearing your aligners it will look like you have your two molars back..its fabulous..
Invisable braces are the way to go..I had porc. brackets placed 20 years ago before Invisalign was around and it was HELL..It affected my speech,,diet,and kissing was very difficult. lol..Yes those all matter even at my age..
This can happen in certain cases and is the reason why your case should be monitored by an orthodontist. When the trays are not tracking on the teeth, a refinement scan is usually necessary followed by a new set of aligners.
The answer depends on you and what you want. If the "slightly crooked" lower front doesn't bother you at all then you don't need to do it for that reason. Some mild irregularity is "normal" in that that is what most people have. It is actually...
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