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Invisalign Braces

  • 21-01-2008 4:42pm
    #1
    Bendihorse
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,017 ✭✭✭


    -Dont think dental forum is really the place for this as its about appearance...

    Does anyone here have any experience of invisalign braces?

    Its been a life long dream of mine to have a lovely big wide mouthed american smile... My teeth are not that crooked, the dentist told me that i have a perfect bite with all my back teeth lining up and 'biting' down on each other perfectly.

    My problem is that my two front teeth form a slight V shape (baby teeth got knocked out in accident and stunted growth of adult teeth). The teeth either side of them have become slightly concave as they had a bit of extra room due to V in front teeth, resulting in a 'narrow' looking smile.

    Anyway, how did users find them and the end result? Is the timespan for wearing them longer than conventional braces? Anything else i would need to know about them?


Comments

  • #2
    S12
    Closed Accounts Posts: 41 ✭S12


    I went to an ortho about Invisalign and it turns out Im not a candidate- I only works if your teeth are preety good anyway. Yours sound like they are you might be ok. I don't think it takes very long since it is used on teeth that don't require much moving, but is slower than if you had conventional braces. Also, I was told that you can't get Invisalign if you need any teeth taken out (needed in cases where you have overcrowding) and can only move teeth a few millimetres. You should go get a consultation anyway because they can pretty much tell you straight away if its a no go (like me..sob!). Even if you can't get Invisalign you will be able to get ceramic brackets so you should look into it


  • #3
    LouLou1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 171 ✭✭LouLou1


    Yeah the invisalign are pretty much for people with straight teeth, I was told. My dentist straightened my teeth with a white brace, similar to the metal ones, but white. Thought I would be concious of them, but people hardly noticed. He does them in 6 months, anywhere else I went to told me I'd have to wear them for a year and a half to two years. Got them off the week before Christmas and it's the best thing I've ever done.


  • #4
    S12
    Closed Accounts Posts: 41 ✭S12


    6 months!! Thats amazing but I don't see how it's possible! I've been given an estimate of 18 months... should have gone to your ortho! Did you have the usual brackets?


  • #5
    kitt13
    Closed Accounts Posts: 42 ✭kitt13


    My sister has invisalign and from what she has told me the progress is individual. She loves it and wouldn't change it for the world.


  • #6
    Fishyfreak
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 576 ✭✭✭Fishyfreak


    Hi i am a dental nurse and i also have braces on. I wanted them but i was not suitable. so i got white ceramic ones instead. Im 25 and i would really care about my appearance and im really happy with the progress and the braces i have. you forget you have them after a little while. :D


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