when getting my attachments for invisalign, the tech poured an entire glue syringe in my mouth by mistake so she called the orthodontist and he had to scrape it all out with a drill, I go back home, and first thing I notice is that my 2 upper front teeth feel different, my tounge just doesn't glide on them smoothly like before so I take a mirror and I can clearly see that my teeth are not shiny like they used to be, there is a clear line where he stopped the drilling, they look awful, help!!
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Teeth can shift positions within a few days and will continue to move over time. How quickly or how much they will move is different from person to person. Consistent retainer wear is the only way to keep teeth in the position they were in following orthodontic treatment. Upon treatment...
Hi Jess, thank you for a wonderful question. Lots of people have this question in their mind but hesitate to ask. We try to put a lingual bonded retainer as a long term retention solution if there are some severe rotation movements corrected or gaps closed in front teeth. To give it extra...
Hi, the attachments are placed on teeth mainly for either extra retention, to correct rotations or to extrude them. If it is only for extra retention, slight chip might not matter. I would still suggest to have it checked with your dentist if you don't know, what it was for for. The broken ...
