Metal Mouth Message Board

I have spacing of the upper front teeth as well as an open bite caused by a tongue thrust condition. The open bite in front already caused some mild lip & chin strain when closing my mouth. Upon wearing the aligners this strain became much worse and it felt as though there was just not enough r...

I started treatment for spaced top front teeth and open-bite about 6 months ago. I already had mild lip strain when closing my lips due to the open bite and a receeded chin. Wearing the Invisalign trays made this problem even worse and has changed the shape of my chin and lower lip muscle, causing s...

Do you have elastics incorporporated with Invisalign treatment? It had been my understanding that my treatment would consist of wearing the aligners to close the spacing, then have a hole cut out of the aligners to put some regular brackets on with elastics to help pull the teeth back. Is this simil...

I began Invisalign treatment about 6 months ago and about 1 month in I realized wearing both aligners at the same time was just putting too much strain on my lips and chin muscle to close my mouth. There just doesn't seem to be enough room in my mouth due to an open-bite and protrusion of my upper ...

I am about 6 months into treatment with Invisalign. I had spacing of the upper front teeth as well as an "open-bite" in which the top and bottom front teeth are pushed too far forward. During my initial consultation the ortho. told me invisalign could be used for my case and that toward th...