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Snaggletooth and Crowding - Invisalign + Acceledent - California
UPDATED FROM flea13
2 years post
Finally done
flea13December 17, 2017
$5,600
Took about 9 months more than I hoped. But pretty happy with the results.
UPDATED FROM flea13
3 months post
4 month anniversary
flea13January 26, 2016
So Ive had invisalign for 4 months and 1 day now. Teeth definitely feel rounder, but still jacked up. Overall the process has been easy. I havent felt any pain even on the first day, since tray 7. Im not sure if its due to the acceledent, or just because my teeth were already moving a lot the past 3 years (in a bad way) so this is all normal. Speaking of acceledent, changing trays out every week compared to two makes a huge difference psychologically. Knowing every wednesday night, I pop in a new number makes it so much easier to accept this long drawn out process; it almost feels like a payday. I never get to hung up on a tray, because its gone and on to the next before I know it. I cant even imaging still being on tray 8. Plus the funkiness that becomes the tray after 5 or so days. Definitely worth the extra $30 a month.
So next week I go in and get my next set of trays (18-?). Excited as according to my clincheck that ugly snaggletooth gets enough space and finally starts moving in at tray 20.
I have one question, I would assume I should of had some form of IPR done by now? I know the ortho has run a piece of what looks like sandpaper between some teeth a few times. Is that IPR? I expected some sort of drill from reading other reviews?
So next week I go in and get my next set of trays (18-?). Excited as according to my clincheck that ugly snaggletooth gets enough space and finally starts moving in at tray 20.
I have one question, I would assume I should of had some form of IPR done by now? I know the ortho has run a piece of what looks like sandpaper between some teeth a few times. Is that IPR? I expected some sort of drill from reading other reviews?
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Stacieee922
January 26, 2016
I'm currently on Tray 2 of my Invisalign and when I first got my trays I had my attachments put in along with IPR done on 2 areas of my teeth. On Tray 16 I will need more IPR done on 3 areas. And yes I do believe the IPR is the shaving between the teeth to create space for it to move properly.
gorgonzola
February 2, 2016
I had some slight "sanding" done between a few teeth a couple of trays ago and I also believe it was actually IPR. Not irritating or painful. Very quick.
January 26, 2016
This is encouraging (especially the bit about being able to drink beer in them!) as just about to start with Acceledent over here in the UK with about 50 trays!
Visiting San Diego in a few weeks and want to be trying those microbreweries!
Visiting San Diego in a few weeks and want to be trying those microbreweries!
January 27, 2016
My plan doesn't call for any IPR so it's possible yours doesn't either. I asked my orthodontist straight out about it and he said I didn't have any planned, so I would ask about that if you're wondering!
I also drink beer with mine in - if I didn't, I would end up having them out for way too long. Haven't had a problem yet.
I also drink beer with mine in - if I didn't, I would end up having them out for way too long. Haven't had a problem yet.
January 29, 2016
Welcome to the world of invisalign! I am pretty much a veteran, having closed out 2 years this month. I'm in the home stretch now, on my refinement (my mr Snaggletooth has been rather ornery and needs some extra prompting -but then he's had the rule of my mouth from the time I was about 6 or 7. Old dogs and new tricks and all that stuff....to answer your question, yes, the "sandpaper" between the teeth is ipr. In some cases, the sandpaper isn't enough for the amount of space prescribed, so they use a kind of filing drill between the teeth which is probably what you've read about. I had to have three sessions of ipr ( see my review for more detail) in my initial 38 trays, then one more session at the beginning of my refinement. Ask your provider if you will be getting more; its in the clincheck. Good luck!!
UPDATED FROM flea13
22 days post
Lots of attachments
flea13October 23, 2015
Went in today to get attachments put on. Went in pretty stoked about Invisalign so far and left feeling like I might as well have been on traditional braces from a purely cosmetic view. All my front top and bottom teeth got buttons, so there's really no hiding my aligners now, as those little plastic boxes are front and center whenever I open my mouth.
After all was said and done, some positive stuff is I received my acceledent and trays 3-10, which I'll be changing out every 7 days. Also got a link to the gif files of my projected movement. Looks like around tray 15, which is around the mid of January, if all goes well, is when my teeth may start looking normalish once again ;so excited about that. Will upload new box mouth pics later.
After all was said and done, some positive stuff is I received my acceledent and trays 3-10, which I'll be changing out every 7 days. Also got a link to the gif files of my projected movement. Looks like around tray 15, which is around the mid of January, if all goes well, is when my teeth may start looking normalish once again ;so excited about that. Will upload new box mouth pics later.
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