Invisalign Trays No 19 Orthodontists review.

9 months in. Well just a quick update on my visit to the orthodontist this week. We poured over the clincheck model to talk about the teeth I was worried are looking worse not better – the Mutley canine in particular, but I was assured to keep the faith and just keep wearing the trays, so no refinement at this stage…..phew

What threw me was his comment that invisalign strategies have “moved on” and so now there is an option of a solution involving NO IPR but it could take up to another 6 months if I wanted this and he couldn’t tell me what it would look like other than “better” – so not much to make a decision on! I liked the idea of not having to have my teeth filed down but hated the idea of yet more months in this plastic for something that I could not see a plan for – and that would be almost another 2 yrs!!!!! He has also ordered new sophisticated scanning equipment but won’t have it until June 2016 so unlikely to decide on a refinement until this arrives – beyond the date of my planned IPR in February/ March. Hmmmm……so

We also talked about Invisalign’s ability to widen the arch and I questioned him about the long term stability…..he showed me some impressive work just done on some other patients but does not yet have any evidence that it has held 5 yrs down the line.