I didn’t take care of my teeth in middle school and got cavities. In my early twenties, I bleached my teeth, replaced my stained fillings and got resin infiltration on my white spots. Most of these were near the gumline, but I also have a little bonding on my bottom front tooth to hide a chip. I want to get Invisalign to fix a slightly crooked front tooth and gap, but I heard attachments will fall off if you already have composite on your teeth. Is this true?
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Answer: Aligning Smiles with Invisalign: Compatibility with Dental Fillings and Resin Infiltration
1. It's unlikely, as these things are pretty automated nowadays, but there may have been a production error by the aligner company.2. Attachments sometimes go on and come off at different stages of treatment. For example, you may have 6 attachments to start, but when the movement for some of...
I believe that Invisalign, for most if not all treatment plans, offers a 5 year free refinement period. Call the dentist again and ask them to reorder the trays for you from invisalign. They may tell you you can come back in to be re-scanned and then new trays made for you.
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Hello, my name is Dr Tyler Hales and I am located in Orange County California. You are a bit of a tricky case because of that implant. Invisalign can correct the lower canted smile but you want to make sure that aesthetics follows function and that it doesnt compromise it. When doing invisalign...