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Straight but Debilitated - Rochester, NY

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The consequences of Invisalign have been...

DirtDiver
$4,200

The consequences of Invisalign have been horrifying. My teeth are almost perfectly straight and look beautiful, but the amount of debris left on the teeth is enormous, the surface blemishes are innumerable, and the forfeiture of natural tooth enamel has proven detrimental. My teeth were left incredibly weak and I am paying over a thousand dollars to fix damage resulting from their weakened state.

If you require buttons/bumps to be put on, they will hideously stain immediately. Even after their removal, you will have to whiten your teeth - which will expose the amount of bonding material that, even still, remains on the teeth. This material does not whiten. I have had 2 different doctors work to remove this stuff, and my bottom teeth are still covered. My top teeth are full of pot marks from all the grinding to remove everything. Some of my natural tooth was ground down to allow room for movement, leaving one tooth in particular rather gangly. I cannot get that part of the tooth back.

After the bottom trays were completed, the teeth were not completely straight. My top teeth still had 4 trays to go, so more trays were ordered for the bottom in the mean time. This considerably lengthening the overall procedure and in hindsight, I should not have sought to get my money's worth. After the top trays were completed, a wire was bonded to the back of my 6 front teeth. Each tooth is individually bonded, making flossing terribly awkward. Once the bottom teeth where finally finished, a wire was bonded from canine to canine, which makes flossing much more accessible but has also allowed the teeth to move. My bottom teeth are not straight. By the time they had moved, I was so over it. Simultaneously, no one can tell me how long these bonding wires will remain in my mouth.

Which brings me to the terrible condition my teeth are in now. My gum line has receded along my bottom teeth from wearing the tray for so long. In some places, the roots are exposed! I have immense sensitivity to temperatures and air and now have to brush with expensive toothpaste packing copious amounts of toxic fluoride. My dentist says I have the teeth of an 70 year old. Sure, they are straight, but they are defective. My poor, poor teeth.

Replies (19)

September 13, 2012

My goodness, it sounds like you had a very unfortunate experience. Since you experienced so much staining to your trays I'm guessing you were consuming something other than water while they were in. Do you mind me asking what that was? I think it would be helpful for other community members to know what stained the trays so badly, as it seems a rare occurrence.

September 14, 2012
The trays did not stain. The buttons put directly on the teeth stained. I had one on every single tooth. Some teeth even had two buttons on them. I had them on for a year, but the staining started immediately. I definitely had more than water for a year. Coffee, tea, cranberries, tomatoes, blueberries, chile powder, turmeric, red onions, sesame oil, wine - any of the usual suspects from a vegetarian diet. The only other person I know with Invisalign had the same issue. But the staining is not of great importance compared to the health of the teeth.
September 14, 2012

Oh, I'm sorry, I guess I was just confused because the "during" picture you have posted looks like the trays are really dark, so I thought you may have been drinking things like coffee and tea while you had your trays in, but perhaps it was just the lighting or something.

Again, I'm sorry to hear what happened to your teeth. That is most unfortunate, and though it seems a very rare occurrence, that doesn't really help with your particular case. :-/

September 14, 2012
I have many of the same concerns as you, however I have been wearing the invisaligns for a year and my teeth have not even straightened! My biggest problem is right now is getting my dentist to listen to me and address my concerns. There seems to be no customer support.
September 14, 2012
DirtDiver, were you drinking and/or eating with your trays on? That's the only way I could potentially see your attachments staining (by allowing fluid to sit inside your trays all day). When I look at your photos, the staining looks to cover much more surface area than the attachments normally cover. My attachments, for example, are very small and the bonding material used to adhere them to the teeth doesn't spread beyond the attachments, themselves.

It seems like your dentist/ortho had to have made some mistake(s) during your treatment.

Sorry to hear you've had such a rough time; good luck to you.