I started Invisalign but I have receding gums on one tooth. I had a deep cleaning done and no more gum bleeding or swelling, but the gum won’t reattach to teeth. I Have very little bone loss from the X-ray taken but I want to know should I continue with the aligners or get gum grafting first. And what can I do to prevent further bone lose. The tooth seem weak but not loose
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If your bite interferes with upper fixed retainer, then you should REMOVE all of it and have clear removable retainers made. if you wear them properly, your teeth will not move. with the retainer on the back of your teeth, and the lowers hitting it- it will always break, and the...
The looseness in the molar area means that the aligner will not be moving these teeth. Your dentist can send you a movie of your teeth moving so that you can see which teeth move at different times in the course of care.
From what I can see in the photos, I would NOT want to extract 4 teeth i your mouth, I think it would leave too much space to have to close up. That would leave you with less lip support and a less pleasing final result.