Category “Q. Invisalign”

How long will Invisalign take to straighten teeth and what are the alternatives?

April 17th, 2012
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Hi, Mr Patel I have been on your website for invisibrace and it got me thinking. I have been wondering about braces for a while now ever since I learnt they could go on the back as well as the font of the teeth. I had always thought of the conventional types you see. one of my more favoured treatments looks to be the invisalign. I assume it wont fix every case but it looks good. what treatment time would you say we’re looking at with this on average? if I cannot have this treatment what tends to be the most common alternative/ thanks

Would I be suitable for Invisalign and would I need teeth pulled?

January 31st, 2012
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I have relatively, in my opinion, relatively straight teeth and have always looked after them, as a result i have no issues with gum disease/bleeding when i brush etc (I was told tis was vital when getting braces). The only problem are my protruding two front buck teeth. Given the circumstances of no more space, could my two font teeth be pushed back with invisalign? Or would I have to pull teeth out to create space, secondly to this would it be harder for me to clean my teeth, making me more likely to get a gum disease or something? tah

Do I need retainers after Invisalign treatment?

October 17th, 2011
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I have just finished a course of invisalign aligners and am chuffed to bits, the removable nature of them ment that i could go on the occasional night out/meal with out them as well as take them out to wash my teeth. brilliant stuff. however, I literally finished last week and the dentist just sort of went, OK thats fine, brill. he took photos for his case study as he’s only just started offering the treatment. as a result however im left a bit worried. I just had this thought, if my teeth grew to be in that position albeit the wrong one then whats to stop me having a relapse hes said nothing (after doing a bit of research myself) of a retainer or anything? do i need one after invisalign all the examples i found were after traditional braces. The ting is if I do need one I dontparticularly want to be constantly taking this thing in/out it’ll be just like continuing my treatment for the rest of my life! are there alternatives to retainers? and also if there are not how long do i have to wear the retainer is it ‘for life?’