Metal Mouth Message Board

trust me, i was extremely nervous about the lower incisor extraction. but they were able to simulate it in the clincheck video before we actually removed it. i was happy with the way the clincheck looked, so i went ahead with it. if i didnt do that, i probably wouldve needed about 2 and half to 3 ye...

so i ended up finding out that the trays labeled 1-10 were just the initial set, and that i actually have 16 total upper and 17 total lower. not too bad, couldve been worse. i am currently on set 14. i have posted a couple of pics, two from before i started, and one from when i was beginning tray 14...

i have them in usually about 20 hrs per day. maybe sometimes less on the weekends as i have an active social life and do not like wearing them out to bars or when i am pounding beers :shock: . and my dentist has said that my progress is coming along just as expected. i am just starting my second wee...

thanks for the replies.... definitely helps. i am guessing that i will need refinements as it looks like most people do. but hopefully treatment will be closer to the 20 week prediction than to the 1 year. i will find out more when i go to pick up my next set of trays in two weeks. best of luck phan...

hi, am new to invisalign, and my dentist said that my treatment would be about 1 year. but when i recieved my aligners they came in the bag labeled 1 of 10... does that mean that my treatment will only require 10 aligners total (20 weeks) and will be much shorter than my doc had originally said? or ...