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Just make sure to tell your dentist or orthodontist if you take any Bisphosphonates (for osteoporosis or cancer treatment) or ibuprofen. Since Invisalign moves teeth through bone this can be important. Ibuprofen should be avoided since moving teeth requires inflammation, ibuprofen is an anti-inflammatory.
Many osteoporosis medications inhibit the bone remodeling that is necessary to move teeth. Sometimes, medication can be stopped for a short period of time to allow orthodontic treatment to take place.
If the Invisalign provider chooses Invisalign Full, it typically includes 5 years of Invisalign lab fees, revisions, and retainers for that providers patient. Some dentists still may choose to bill patients or their insurance for revisions or retainers, but that varies by provider and probably...
Invisalign treatment is always made for both of the jaws. Both upper and lower teeth will be corrected because while correcting lower teeth their relationship with upper will change. Therefore we need upper re-corrected and total treatment will last minimum 6 months, maximum 1.5 years. It is...
Ask your provider to see the clinCheck, it should show the gaps closing over time. Your teeth are most likely too crowded to improve without IPR if you need this much. But keep in mind 0.5mm is not a large amount of space/gap to close.
Yes, Invisalign may even improve your clenching since it will improve how your teeth fit together. Invisalign is cut short of gums so should not cause recession.
The overjet you have appears to be from an imbalance in the length of your jaws. Your teeth appear to be in good position relative to your jaw position. Invisalign can correct the slight irregularity in you alignment but can not fix your overjet. The fact that your dentist suggested that it...
Invisalign is great at making a lot of different bite and alignment corrections. Deep bite correction is NOT one of them. It can be done in many cases with judicious treatment planning and proper aligner construction. But the result is often somewhat less then the goal. For this reason, we build...
