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If you have buck teeth then your lips will also be protruding to cover them. So when you move those teeth back, your lips and bone will follow thus changing your profile in photos etc. It also makes you speak more clearly and allows for better incising of food like sandwiches. Just the facts!
If your upper anterior teeth are severely "buck" or flared out, Invisalign can push them in to a softer profile in which the lip lays more naturally. As with crooked teeth, it can also give more lip support or make the lip appear fuller when the teeth are straightened. It all depends on the case and these cosmetic issues should be discussed with your treating dentist.
There are two reason you are seeing such significant movement after your Invisalign treatment. First, it takes on the average from the time that teeth are aligned about 24 months for the gum tissue and bone tissue to reorganize around those teeth. That is why I try my hardest to get all my teeth...
The aligners should be removed before eating. But remember the only time the aligners are working is when they are in, so they need to be replaced immediately after each meal. Aligners require a tremendous amount of cooperation and that is why traditional or lingual (behind the teeth) braces...
If you find a good qualified Invisalign provider in your area, he will be able to treat your badly crowded teeth as well. He or she will be called a "Premier provider and you can find him at the Invisalign website.
Each aligner with Invisalign has a limit for how much tooth movement is possible. If the gap is minor, and all movement can be completed in 10 aligners or less, Invisalign Express can be offered. Otherwise, full comprehensive Invisalign would be needed. As far as insurance: if you have a...
From an orthodontic point of view when moving your teeth the wisdom teeth are too far back to have any effect on what is going on in the front. You should be able to do Invisalign regardless of weather your wisdom teeth have been extracted or not. You might need to have them removed for other...
The recommendation is to wear the aligners for 22 hours a day. This allows approximately 2 hours for eating, brushing, flossing, and drinking during the day. Teeth move when there is a constant pressure placed on them. There is some resorption of the bone on the pressure side, and formation of...
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