Mid-course refinements & brace has broken in hal, HELP!

[cocoloves]

Ive had my current aligner in for over two weeks now and I had impressions taken a few days ago for mid-course refinements.

I have to wait for the new aligners to come in- could take weeks - and my aligner has just literally snapped in half where my incisor is! I dont know what to do.

Surely I cant carry on wearing a broken brace for the next 4 weeks but if I wear the previous/next aligner, the refinements wont fit properly!

Has this happened to anyone else? What should I do??

[sammywantstraightteeth]

You should talk to your ortho as soon as possible. I predict that the ortho would say to wear your previous aligner, and re-order the broken one.

Then you would wear your replacement for 2 weeks before starting on your new refinements.

Alternatively s/he might say its fine to go from your previous aligner to the first refinement - it depends on the treatment plan.

You must speak to your ortho as soon as possible - only s/he knows what is best for your treatment to succeed at this point. The longer you wait with broken or no aligner in, the more off-course you will go.