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An interesting email sent to providing doctors last week. I knew it was coming and thought about various motivations for it. We have patients changing on all sorts of aligner cycles for many years. However, we still do not feel comfortable changing aligners every 7 days in all situations. We have a...

this is new to me!!

Would be interested to know how people track the progress of their teeth!

Thank you so much for the warning invizzlerizzle!

I am surprise some ortho actually encourage their patients to keep the tray in when eating as long as the brush their teeth after!

Hello Today is the day 3 of my tray, and the feeling of the snug fit is gone, except the back of my teeth always made me feel I can't close my mouth properly. I am not sure whether that means my teeth has moved or I have been too rough with my tray when taking in and out. I have quite a severe inner...

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Has anyone here use an Invisalign Accelerator before?

Just came across this in youtube and it sounds amazing- but not sure whether they are just product placement though

Propel V Pro5

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I am getting my first tray tomorrow, very excited!

Since we only have 2 hours for cleaning & eating etc, do you brush your teeth right after every meal? Or do you wait for 1/2 hour first?

Thank you

I was thinking of similar thing- but gin and tonic.....

Thank you dreonsu! That's useful. I am learning more and more terminologies as I am going through the process! I think I have both overbite and overjet....(see pictures) and I also have an 'overlapped' teeth on the lower jaw. I have Skeletal class I and I was hoping to move back my teeth so that my ...

Hello I had my first ClinCheck today- I've attached a picture of the Start and Finish picture. You will notice that the 'finish picture' still shows 'overbite' and it's also looking flaring out. I asked my orthodontist whether I can fix the overbite, he said 'it's fine to have them so that we don't ...

As a patient, make sure the tray is "tracking", meaning that the trays fit over the teeth intimately. There will be attachments that we place on the teeth to enable better control over teeth. You will see them as tooth colored bumps on your teeth. Make sure that these attachments are all ...

That's really useful. Thank you both. Am I correct to think that the trays come in several sets... Set 1 (treatment plan) - if everything going according to plan, there won't be additional sets Set 2 and onward - are all 'refinement' sets Have I understood it correctly? As a patient, what are the si...

I think it really depends on your Orthodontist's skill!

I read that for invisalign treatment, a lot of it is down to the Orthodontist's skills and experience, rather than the actual 'invisalign' tool.

If you could, speak to a few orthodontist to get a better idea of your treatment option.

Thanks for sharing. My orthodontist definitely hasn't talked about refinement stage so I am quite clueless what it means. It sounds really strange to me that there are three refinement stages!! Another question: Once we 'happy' and 'agree' with the ClinChek, does it mean it's too late if we change o...

Thank you! I have read a lot of 'refinement stage'.

I am confused of what this really means- Surely the 'refinement' should be part of the treatment process until it's perfect?

Is this just a tactic that used by orthodontist that the treatment takes xx months + xx months of refinement?

Hello everyone Had my first time with the invisalign process, took all pictures and scans. My question is: 1. What should I expect during the next ClinCheck appointment? 2. How do I know whether the treatment plan is 'good'? I was a bit surprised to find out my orthodontist pointed out I can do the ...