Metal Mouth Message Board

No molar bands for me either.

I agree with the others - your profile is beautiful. Good luck with your treatment.

Intersting about the second molars. Mine were in line with my arch before treatment, but are now further out compared to the rest of the arch. Both top and bottom. I guess like the others said, if my bite's OK I guess I'm OK with it, but it has been something I've thought about.

Wow, that's really amazing. Congrats on your great progress!

Edited to add: Congrats on the baby on the way too.

31 or 32 depending on how my treatment shapes up.

I've had this problem too - top canine hitting bottom canine bracket. After I accidently popped the bracket off, by hitting it when biting down I assume, they put a bumper on the bottom canine that added a layer of rubberband/lig to the top of the bracket. It still hit for a while, but I didn't have...

I'd agree that if 4 of 5 are saying no to Invisalign I'd go with their opnion. I was in Invisalign for 2 years (after being quoted a treatment time of 12-15 months) and still wasn't happy with the results. I thought I had minor issues to fix which the ortho concurred with when I had my initial consu...

This is my first post here, but I've been lurking for a few months. I'm 31 and started with Invisalign treatment in March 2003. I wasn't 100% satisfied with the results and neither was an ortho practicing at my clinic (not the one who oversaw the Invisalign treatment). So in May 2005 I moved into tr...

This is my first post here, but I've been lurking for a few months. I'm 31 and started with Invisalign treatment in March 2003. I wasn't 100% satisfied with the results and neither was an ortho practicing at my clinic (not the one who oversaw the Invisalign treatment). So in May 2005 I moved into tr...