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Can you take impressions of your teeth if you have a cap?

ernoelle1996Sep 18, 2017
So I want to go through braces again and I got an invisilign set and I need to take molds of my teeth.My concern is I have a cap on one of my front teeth and I don't know if I can take impressions with that in. I don't necessarily want to walk around with a giant gap.

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Dr. Lance Timmerman, DMD, MAGD - Account Suspended
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Answered on Sep 20, 2017
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