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Failed Invisalign, now switching to traditional metal braces

UPDATED FROM almerr1
1 year post

Finally seeing progress!

almerr1March 8, 2017
$5,750
My "crocked side" /open bite is finally closing!!! I'm so happy. & anxious to be done.

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prissipills
March 15, 2017
Finally, girl! You deserve it, I am super proud of you for sticking with it and insisting on getting what your original vision and intent was. Why didn't your 'elite" dentist explain to you that invisalign wasn't the best outcome choice for you to start with???
What are all those green and pink things in your pictures?
almerr1
March 16, 2017
Thank you!! My dentist was still insisting that I could get the results I was hoping for but the only explanation was that it would take time and I needed to be patient. I was just fed up with it and over Invisalign since I went almost 7 months with no improvement whatsoever. I also saw many reviews on here of people doing 4 and 5 refinements and I did not want to end up like that. I did not plan on having braces for yearssss if they told me 12-18 months originally. I technically have clear braces but you can choose colors when you go in for adjustments, so in those pictures I had pink. The other things are rubber bands a.k.a. elastics. They help correct your bite :) (I had an open bite and those help to close it).
prissipills
March 16, 2017
Oh. A lot of people are not happy with their bite after invisalign I have noticed in various reviews. The others have spectacular results. Seems unpredictable which is not medically sound.Vita just went through a very unethical experience with a dentist who told me my "treatment" was finished after only 5 weeks in braces so they could try to sell me on bonding my teeth. I am still reeling.
UPDATED FROM almerr1
1 year post

Tightening and new estimated completion date

almerr1January 22, 2017
So I went for my tightening this past Wednesday. They made a few tweeks on my left side so hopefully my open bite will begin to close and my teeth will start fitting together better. The dental techs tried to suggest IPR but luckily my orthodontist disagreed with them. Also, I am now expected to be done in August instead of October which was music to my ears. I am still going in every 4 weeks for adjustments. My next appointment is scheduled for 2/14/17. p.s. they convinced me to get color, so now I have lavender and I actually love it (:

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UPDATED FROM almerr1
1 year post

Still no results....

almerr1January 12, 2017
I've now had metal braces for 4 months. The left side of my mouth is still crocked and has a huge open bite. The new estimated completion date they gave me is October (so October this year will be 13 months in metal braces and 2 years and 5 months total for my braces treatment). Still no answers as to why it's taking so long or why my teeth aren't progressing. I wear my elastics as instructed. The only "answer" my orthodontist keeps giving is that it takes patience to see results. My teeth haven't improved for an entire year :( which is very disappointing. It really sucks but I think if I don't see any improvement by October I'm going to just ask to have my braces taken off and consider it a loss/lesson learned. Pics without braces are from September when I "finished" invisalign...you can see my teeth are still crocked on one side. Pics with braces are hard to tell but my teeth look the same. My confidence has fallen pretty low to where I don't even like to smile at all in pics or I'll take pics that only show my good side where my teeth are straighter. I cracked the camera on my phone so I can't get any really good pics :(

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