Moving out of state during Invisalign treatment. Any suggestions?

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I just found out that we're moving out of state in a month due to my husband's job, and I'm kinda worried about what to do. I paid for my initial treatment, two refinements, first set of retainers, and teeth whitening in full...so I really don't want to lose that all. Has anyone else moved out of state during their treatment? If so, did you stay with your current ortho and work out a travel schedule, or take the loss and fork over more money to pay for a new ortho's time? Help!!

Anjali Rajpal, DMD · Answer

If it's too hard to keep seeing your former dentist, he/she can transfer your case to the new dentist and take over where they left off. You just have to see if the new dentist is willing to do that and what kind of fees would be involved by them to do so. It should not be as much, because the first dentist will have already taken care of the major charges by Invisalign when the case was started.

David M. Schertzer, DDS · Answer

I would start with discussing this with your orthodontist, I'm sure you are not the first person to have this issue and they may have an existing office policy covering what to do in this instance.  I would also ask if they are familiar with an orthodontist in your new location that may be willing to continue the treatment rather than starting from scratch.  Good luck with your move.

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