Metal Mouth Message Board

Having switched from Invisalign to wires, I recommend you stick with the metal braces. Your course of treatment will be faster and your ortho can "tweak" things by changing wires or putting bends in the wires. If there need to be adjustments like that while using Invisalign your treatment ...

I started in Invisalign at 40 years old. Waited a long time to get things straight and have been very pleased with the results...never knew what a correct bite was supposed to feel like. My ortho and I made the decision to switch to wires top and bottom in July of 2008 because the Invisalign reached...

I also had a difficult time with the cheek retractors and laying down when getting my braces put on. I went so far as to ask to have them sit me up during the times when they were not actually working on my teeth. I remember there being some "free" time between tooth prep and the Ortho pla...