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I am an Elite Invisalign Provider, having successfully treated over 3000 cases. That being said after viewing your photos , I strongly recommend Invisalign.
madamme cocoa,You have a condition referred to as "Super-eruption". Since teeth are attached to bone by a dynamic periodontal ligament system, a tooth will drift up if it is a lower tooth or drift down if it is an upper tooth when no opposing tooth is present. There are some possible options to attempt to treat this. One is orthodontic therapy to intrude the tooth back in the direction where it came from and restore the missing, opposing tooth. Sometimes a preparation and crown could be done, but this would probably require root canal therapy as well since the reduction would likely get into the pulp of the tooth. Many times the tooth has to be extracted when it has drifted so far that it is contacting and chewing the gum on the ridge of the opposite arch. If extraction is needed, then restoration with an implant and crown, a bridge or removable partial denture would be needed. You will also need to restore the missing tooth that allowed the super-eruption to occur. The tooth could be adjusted to get you out of immediate pain so it can not contact the gum; however, this will only provide temporary relief as the tooth will continue to drift until it contacts something again which would be your opposing gum tissue.Douglas Jopling, DDSDallas, TX area
Hi shellbee,My opinion is that you should have the damaged retainer replaced. It took months of careful treatment and a lot of dedication by you and your dentist to get your teeth to their final position. Since the retainer is a custom device that is made to keep your teeth precisely in p...
Hello there,Invisalign counts on you wearing your trays 22 hours per day to achieve the desired results. Sometimes life does not always permit, and wearing your trays for 30 minutes less occasionally will not impact your treatment. However, do NOT get in the habit of wearing them less than ...
Assuming the case finished well with Invisalign, then holding the teeth in that position while awaiting implant placement, healing and/ or restoration, is crucial. All your time, money, and effort that went into the completion of Invisalign would be compromised if you stopped wearing the...
