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I am finished with 42 trays. For the first many trays I wore them 20+ hours per day. I experimented with less wear time as I went on. For the last three trays, I only wore them at night. I could tell no difference in tooth movement from the 20 hour days to the 8 hour days. Really.

My ortho is most worried about the teeth becomming "spongy" and not having a firm footing to move the other teeth. In other words, if the "stationary teeth" which supply the resistance to the "moving teeth" are not firm, then the movement will not occur. He said he has ...

Ever hear of "6 month braces" http://www.archwired.com/six_month_braces.htm? If you google that term you'll find several dentists whose web sites are similar (even similar language) about this technique. They use both traditional (visible) and lingual braces claiming that they use new &quo...

My ortho recommended cleaning with efferdent. I do that in the morning during breakfast and at night during dinner. They are always clean and feel good after that treatment. And the green efferdent does not stain. My ortho said that toothpaste could dull the finish making the trays look less clear. ...

very techical discussion about an ortho who successfully self-treated with invisalign at 3 days per tray.

http://www.jco-online.com/archive/artic ... clenum=381

I asked my ortho about this. He said that my trays were moving the tooth about 1/3rd mm per tray and that standard braces were much more aggressive than this. I do not yet understand the science behind 2-3 weeks per tray and would appreciate any science that someone could provide. (science = repeata...

I'm impatient. For the first two sets of trays, I did 13-14 days. Then I started researching online to see if anyone has accelerated this process. I found one dentist who did 3 days per tray on himself - but he did a proceedure on himself to increase blood flow to the gums. Then I went to 10 days pe...