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Its normal protocol for patients using aligners to go back to the previous number of aligners. Changing aligners to the next set can interfere with the progress of your teeth. Once you go back to the previous number of aligners, your dentist can order you a replacement aligner which can be made in just a few days and send to you. This way you ensure proper tracking of your teeth. Feel free to discuss all this with your dentist.All the best,
The normal protocol is to always keep the most recently used Aligner, the one you currently wear, and the next one. If less than a week into the current Aligner and it is lost, go back one and tell your doctor to order a replacement. If more than a week is completed before it is lost, simply move to the next one. As long as it isn't routinely done this way, switching earlier than instructed, you should be fine.
Go back to your dentist or orthodontist and get their professional evaluation and recommendation. It may be possible that they can have new aligners made at a reduced cost to them and may not have to charge you as much as the first time. The only way to know is to go! It sounds like you ne...
Hi Joe, if you have been wearing the aligners regularly and just slacked now, you can go back 1-2 sets and try. Normally they should fit fine. Best would be to see your dentist and they could advise if you really need mid course correction. Invisalign covers us for this in most cases but...
Tipping is actually a fairly easy movement to do with Invisalign. By expanding your upper arch initially, it will then be possible to expand the lower arch, tip the molars buccally and correct the crowding of the lower arch. I feel I could finish our case in 12 months or less.