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Meh, I didn't have two attachments placed back on for 6 weeks and another for 8 weeks and I was fine (mind you I have 14 attachments and 2 hooks for elastics in total so maybe that's a lot of back-up.) My teeth are moving along nicely even with the attachments not placed on immediatly after falling ...

Ack, good grief, ignore that last post. Posted in the wrong placed (what a suprise considering I'm so tech savvy...yeah) anyway yeah a lot of people are fans of those tools but I just find them to be cumbersome. My fingers are a lot quicker. Guess I'm just a fan of sticking them in my mouth I suppose.

Meh, I didn't have two attachments placed back on for 6 weeks and another for 8 weeks and I was fine (mind you I have 14 attachments and 2 hooks for elastics in total so maybe that's a lot of back-up.) My teeth are moving along nicely even with the attachments not place on immediatly after falling o...

My elastics cut right into my cheeks and it was very uncomfortable for a while. I actually had to pad my cheeks with flat cotton pads while I slept. My cheeks are totally used to it now though and I don't feel the elastics at all so I'm sure you will be okay too, may just take a couple of weeks.

I totally agree with Wobblydeb. Once I put a new tray in I try to leave it on for as long as possible. One time I made the mistake of putting a new set of alingers in and then quickly removing them right away for whatever reason and popped an attachment off. I also suggest growing your thumb and ind...

I had and occasionally still clench at night. I found it was worse the first 2 months but I found it got better as time passed.

Hello! I have a wee bit of an overbite so I have been fitted with elastics from the beginning of my plan. I was told that elastics help push teeth back as when your back teeth move backward your front ones have a tendency to move forward. So far everything is going quite well with my aligners and el...

I'm glad the elastics don't pop off anymore! That's too bad about the jaw pain though! I notice my jaw gets a little sore without my elastics and can click ocassionally so I prefer to leave mine on. I kinda like the feel of the tension caused by the bands (I dunno I guess I'm weird.) And as far as k...

From what I can tell I will need to wear them for my entire treatment (about a year and a half to two years.) I have had invisalign for about 4 months now and had the elastics from the very beginning. The only problem I had with my elastics at first was them cutting into my cheek but luckily I got u...

I do :) I'm pretty lucky in that I don't really have any problems with them I have to say. Hrm did you talk to your ortho about using a different type of elastic, change the width of the ones you have maybe? My elastics rest on actual hooks my ortho attached to me teeth, metal hooks on the back mola...

I actually have 41 aligners and 16 attachments all together. I wouldn't worry about the 51 as everyone is different. Also I'm only supposed to wear each aligner for a week so since you also have a higher number maybe you will be a one weeker like myself :) I can totally relate to the staying up at n...

Ha I thought it was funny too. But I pretty much laugh at anything Kristen Wiig does.

Ha my ortho actually told me to wear each aligner for 7 days So far so good.

I'm on a 7 day cycle and so far everything is peachy. Yes, peachy.

Yeah I'm a bit nervous about it, the tooth the attachment is on isn't crooked or anything I'm assuming it was there to help the aligner have a better grip...they said it's not a big deal unless the aligner doesn't fit properly...maybe I should just say the aligner feels a tad loose hrrmmm...bleh