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Hi everyone I've basically finished my treatment, have one more appointment to get my retainer and the last composite filling removed from the front of one tooth, maybe get my front two shaved down as well. Even though I've had it for 5 months, most of the straightening happened in the space of a co...

Kathy your situation sounds a bit similar to mine. My two teeth on either side of the front two were crooked and sticking out a bit. The dentist told me I'm a classic case for the inman aligner. After 8 weeks it has pushed them back but not rotated them very well, so my dentist told me in my last ap...

I've had my aligner now for 8 1/2 weeks. No pain, although the spring on one side digs in my cheek so I always keep a piece of wax stuck on it. My speech has only recently improved, but for the first 6 weeks it was the same. From weeks 1 - 4 I hardly noticed any teeth movement. But from weeks 4 - 6 ...

Hi everyone, I just got my aligner today. Relatively comfortable most of the time although there is a slight ache on my teeth that is only noticeable when I take the aligner out or put it back in. For me the saliva problem got much better over the last few hours, I barely notice it. But my speech is...