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Mystery bumps
Received my "refinement" aligners on Feb 22. What went wrong initially that my first set, I had 14 trays, and now I have 17 (!!!) to "refine"?! Not too impressed with that.
No more central incisor bumps. 1 each on lateral incisors and two each on canines, and a few on the bottom arch. Better than it was, at least. There are power ridges on the top of central incisors and four lower incisors. Whatever, better than bumps.
However, something weird is going on with the lateral incisors. There are bumps in the trays that are not for attachments, but don't match my teeth either. I asked my dentist about it and he said, "huh, that's weird. Oh well.".... Yeah, awesome. He did double check the instruction sheet which only shows 1 attachment per lateral. Doesn't make sense.
Totally disasstisfied with him brushing off my concerns, I did jump through some hoops to talk to Align tech customer care and they were very sympathetic but said that as they didn't have access to my specific trays or treatment plan, they couldn't advise what's going on with the weird bumps. They did give me some info on changing dentists (orthos) though - haven't been thrilled with the service so far and considering I have another 16 trays to go (at least), may just jump ship. What a pain in my ass.
No more central incisor bumps. 1 each on lateral incisors and two each on canines, and a few on the bottom arch. Better than it was, at least. There are power ridges on the top of central incisors and four lower incisors. Whatever, better than bumps.
However, something weird is going on with the lateral incisors. There are bumps in the trays that are not for attachments, but don't match my teeth either. I asked my dentist about it and he said, "huh, that's weird. Oh well.".... Yeah, awesome. He did double check the instruction sheet which only shows 1 attachment per lateral. Doesn't make sense.
Totally disasstisfied with him brushing off my concerns, I did jump through some hoops to talk to Align tech customer care and they were very sympathetic but said that as they didn't have access to my specific trays or treatment plan, they couldn't advise what's going on with the weird bumps. They did give me some info on changing dentists (orthos) though - haven't been thrilled with the service so far and considering I have another 16 trays to go (at least), may just jump ship. What a pain in my ass.
Comparison
Photos after first 14 trays.
I'm bad at pictures.
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Dr. Smith