Metal Mouth Message Board

After coming back from the dentist today I would not recommend the inman aligner. I am nearly 8 months in and my teeth are not straight. I was hoping to go into the dentist today, get impressions for clear aligners, recieve them in 2 weeks time and be finished treatment completely with straight teet...

Hi all, Just a quick update, I am now on week 29 (i think) although I'm losing track now. I feel like I've been wearing this thing forever!!! My Inman aligner finally got sent back to the lab 3 weeks ago to be adjusted as it just wasn't doing anything anymore and I got them back 2 weeks ago. There s...

Hi just thought I'd update. I went to the dentist last tuesday and was planning on asking about clear aligners but as soon as I walked in my dentist said he had an idea why my teeth had stopped moving. He trimmed away a small piece of the plastic in the corner (behind my rotated tooth) of the plasti...

I'm going to my dentist on tuesday and I've noticed a few people saying about clear aligners to finish off their treatment. Is this like Invisalign? I'm thinking about asking for them as my teeth have just stopped moving now. To anyone who has had them, was it to to move the teeth into their final p...

Hi claire, Thanks for the reply. I'm glad to hear that your dentist has said different and I really hope she is right because I'm getting fed up with wearing this thing now, It's weird how all the dentists seem to say different things though. I thought 16 hours would be enough too but now I'm worrie...

Hi all, I just thought I'd give everyone a bit of info my dentist gave me when I last saw him regarding the amount of hours the inman aligner is worn daily and how it affects treatment time. My treatment was supposed to take 8-9 weeks but I am now approaching week 16 :( so my dentist asked me how lo...

Hi everyone, I was hoping someone could answer a quick question for me. I have always hated my teeth and when I was 13 I had fixed braces for 2 years because my teeth were such a mess. All of them straightened nicely expect my left central incisor which was really rotated (almost to the point where ...