I'm A 13 Year Old Girl And I Wanted To Know If Invisalign Is Right For Me. I'm A Typical Teenager I Don't Want Braces And I Want To Straighten My Teeth. Do I Qualified For Invisalign?
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Sorry to hear about your frustrations and"detour". What your dentist has suggested sounds reasonable and prudent. Ordering new trays is another possible approach but allow nature a little bit of time is likely all that is needed.
From your photographs you do have a slight overbite/deep bite where the lower teeth move upwards and this can make your overjet worse.Invisalign can easily move the front teeth back, but you may need the lower teeth pushed down and inwards.Your scan may also show a residual overjet of 1-3mm....
This totally depends on when your "retainer" was made. A retainer should fit to the positions your teeth were in when the impression was taken for fabrication of the retainer. If it was fabricated on a model of your teeth when you had "lots of build-up" and then subsequently you had...