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Hi all, After 3.5 years of invisalign I now have straight teeth but a 9mm overjet. I've decided to have a couple pre-molars removed and will have fixed braces for 12 months to close the gaps. Unfortunately this also includes a TP aka Torture Device. A few days in its a bit more comfortable but its s...

Thanks for the heads up on that chaps.

I should hear from the dentist tomorrow or next week. I'm still surprised that from 3 dentists I've heard 3 different opinions.

Thanks for the reply Wireless. Sounds like you have a similarly complicated case. Not sure if I'd have traditional braces as part of the treatment. Guess we'll see what comes back from Invisalign - I don't need 100% straight teeth - 95% would do nicely. Just incredible how diverse the range of opini...

Well... I had thought I'd walk away today with some answers but it seems that was a bit optimistic. The dentist I saw initially said he was uncomfortable treating my overcrowdedness but when I said I was unwilling to wear train tracks he offered to take some photos and send them off to Invisalign fo...

Well I've got a third appointment with another dentist who specialises in Invisalign on Thursday - he'll be taking X-Rays and giving me 'The Lowdown 2.0'

I shall report on Thursday.

Well I managed to see a dentist this afternoon about Clearstep and I'm more confused.

He thought it would be at least 22 months (compared to the 9 the first dentist I saw mentioned).

Is this sort of disparity normal? Should I get a third opinion?

Thanks for that Wireless - I'm going to see another dentist locally who uses Clearview (?) which is the UK based equivalent of Invisalign I believe. Not sure about Clearview though - if Invisalign has been around longer surely their models to predict the movement of teeth will have been fine tuned b...

Good reply from amber - covers everything I can think of. The only thing that might be worthwhile is finding out what the payment terms are and whether you can pay up to the Clincheck stage before committing yourself. (Although once you see the clincheck its probably a done deal!) Thanks - I think ...

Thanks for that Amber - I have spoken to the dentist and I think I might just go for it.

It is expensive but I'd love to have straight white teeth.

I've always wanted my teeth straightened as they are crooked due to over crowding. I saw a dentist who does Invisalign braces and he reckons about 9 months should do me and quoted £3,500 including a permanent fixed retainer. Are there questions I should ask the dentist as part of the due diligence ...