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Invisalign with Elastics for Crowding, Midline Correction, and Overbite - New York, NY
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I've wanted to straighten my teeth since high...
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I've wanted to straighten my teeth since high school but I didn't want to wear braces in college and then it always seemed too expensive. At 33 years old and married for a year, I finally decided that it's time to fix my teeth.
I started on March 27. 2014 and I am now on Tray 6 with Invisalign. I have a midline correction needed and overbite, so as of tray 3 I have an elastic on my right side. Each time I've started a new tray, I am very sore for a few days, but then I get used to it and it's fine. The time seems to be going quickly and I am already noticing slight differences in the crowding of my teeth. And not one person has noticed that I'm wearing them!
I started on March 27. 2014 and I am now on Tray 6 with Invisalign. I have a midline correction needed and overbite, so as of tray 3 I have an elastic on my right side. Each time I've started a new tray, I am very sore for a few days, but then I get used to it and it's fine. The time seems to be going quickly and I am already noticing slight differences in the crowding of my teeth. And not one person has noticed that I'm wearing them!
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UPDATED FROM kellynyc16
3 months post
Correction
Correction- I started elastics on Tray 4 (not tray 3). I also have had TMJ since I was 8 years old and the invisalign has really helped decrease jaw pain and popping. Please feel free to comment or send me any questions you might have, thanks!
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June 20, 2014
Hi, and thanks for sharing your story with us! Â I know you've been around already, so I won't give you a list of people to connect with unless you'd like :). Â But I'm so glad to see you finally, and wow, that was a lot of work uploading all those pics! Â It must have taken forever!! Â So thank you for doing that :).
Did your doctor happen to mention a pattern when they said what kind of elastic wear you'd be doing?  Like triangle or…um…yeah, I never wore elastics.  But I watched a video and there were soooo many different ways to wear elastics.  Just wondering what kind of guidance you were given.  This was the video I watched:
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Did your doctor happen to mention a pattern when they said what kind of elastic wear you'd be doing?  Like triangle or…um…yeah, I never wore elastics.  But I watched a video and there were soooo many different ways to wear elastics.  Just wondering what kind of guidance you were given.  This was the video I watched:
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June 21, 2014
Thank you, twoplusone! You are always so helpful on this site. My elastic instructions included, "here's 3 bags of rubber bands, connect one to the silver button on your back right tooth and then to the hook on the front of your tray..." That was it! The elastic is really not too bad and I can definitely feel the difference when it's not in. My ortho said it was for the midline and overbite but I really only feel like it's helping the midline issue...but we shall see. It's annoying that it adds another step in the routine of brushing, flossing, mouthwash, trays, and then rubber band, but like everything else in this process, it soon becomes habit.
June 21, 2014
...And I would love more referrals for other Invisalign users who have midline issues and/or elastics...thanks!
June 21, 2014
Could you recommend a good photo app on iPad or iPhone for putting progress pics side by side and including text? Thanks!
June 22, 2014
Unfortunately, I never did find a good app. Â I've used photor on the web and it's not easy or intuitive for me, but it was enough for me to do a couple of side-by-sides for my community members. Â
I only know two other people off the top of my head who are working on midline issues specifically, and h.lks you've already seen.  The other is StephDakel. Â
As for elastics, we've got:Â
Nadinelliana
HenryZ
Katherine87
monosyllabicgirl
martino416
Sairisan
Sunluvva
Klinden95, andÂ
KaySanaY
There may be more, but those are the ones I can recall :D.
I only know two other people off the top of my head who are working on midline issues specifically, and h.lks you've already seen.  The other is StephDakel. Â
As for elastics, we've got:Â
Nadinelliana
HenryZ
Katherine87
monosyllabicgirl
martino416
Sairisan
Sunluvva
Klinden95, andÂ
KaySanaY
There may be more, but those are the ones I can recall :D.
February 5, 2016
I have tmd too & will be getting Invisalign after my splint treatment. You said it's helped your tmd symptoms? Did you ever have jaw joint pain or limited opening before the braces? Does the Invisalign hurt your gums?
UPDATED FROM kellynyc16
3 months post
Progress photo
Here's a photo showing some progress...I especially see it in my bottom teeth. The number is the tray number.
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