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#31 Post by **cleveman** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 11:19 am

haven't posted my progess in a bit, thought I'd give an update. 1 week into set 5 of 6, both top and bottom, of the Red, White and Blue treatment.

All the teeth, both top and bottom, are straightened up now, and the last set of aligners will do some relatively minor fine-tuning. tooth 7 and 8 are still banging on the teeth below, and I still can't bite down fully as a result... My dentist made a call to the lab today to "ensure" that they finally get that corrected with this last set of aligners. It's been that way for about 4 months!

Assuming they can fix that issue with the last set of aligners, and there are no other bite issues that are being masked because I can't close my mouth fully

, things are looking very good.

After I wear the last set of aligners for the prescribed 6 weeks, and then potentially another 6 weeks to be conservative, my dentist will place the crown on the molar that I cracked 2 months ago. He'll then have to make me a new retainer, since it's very likely that the last RWB aligner won't fit over the new crown.

Then I'll be done! The end is in sight!

#32 Post by **harrydunn** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 10:33 am

Sounds real good. I had my apptmt. today for my last upper aligner. I originally was scheduled for two uppers only but he added a third for some fine tuning. Bottom teeth are nice and straight after their third aligner. Six weeks and I'm done. I've had a great experience. Thanks for your updates.

#33 Post by **invisagirl** » Sat Jul 29, 2006 11:46 am

I was bored yesterday so for whatever reason I checked out the webpage of the ortho I did Invisalign with. Well it turns out he's abandoned Invisalign and is now only doing OrthoClear. I wonder what he did with all the Invisalign patients he had?!? It seemed weird to me cause it was only a year ago that I switched treatment/doctors and he was still very much on the Invisalign bandwagon. Of course now he offers a consultation service for other ortho's who are debating whether to use OrthoClear on a particular patient! Apparently for a small fee he will tell them if OrthoClear will work for that patient and how they need to submit the prescription. Funny given he's only been using the system for less than a year!

#34 Post by **harrydunn** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 2:56 pm

Sorry I haven't updated for so long. I've been done with my aligners since last fall and now only wear them at night as a retainer. Very happy with the results. I would highly recommend using red, white and blue.