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I have Braces on top and Invisalign on bottom. I had a big issue with speech for the forst few weeks, but only when I had the Invisalign tray in, not when I took it out, so the braces didn’t affect my speech at all it but the Invisalign did. It took a month or so before it totally went away.

I’m not exactly sure why, but that’s what the orthodontist said would work the best. Possibly because I have the clear brackets and an overjet, I’ve heard you shouldn’t put the clear brackets on bottom because of the top teeth hit them it wears down the enamel. I just had my 16 week appointment toda...

Does anyone else have both braces and Invisalign? I’m wondering if I will need rubber bands later and if they can attach from the braces I have on top to the Invisalign trays on bottom. Also wondering how common it is to have both at the same time...

My sentence is 24 months. I have clear braces on top to fix a 10mm over-jet and also had my premolars extracted on top. On bottom I have Invisalign trays to fix crowding and erupted teeth in the front of the bottom. I’m about 3 months into my treatment and already I see a big difference! Has anyone ...