i have a question about how my aligner on the bottom fits.. when i rub my tounge along the aligner on the left side of my mouth it sits flush against my gum line, as i move my toung towards the the front and a little to the right side of my mouth the alighner stars to pop out a little almost like i can stick my tounge under it, its been this way on a few aligners. this is on the inside of the teeth, not the outside..does anyone else have this too? do u think the molds were done wrong? to u think it might mess up the way my teeth are moving? it just feels really weird...the top fits flush all the way around the inside, but the bottom there is just a little area that is not flush against the gumline im always rubbing my tounge against it because i know its there then it starts to get a little raw..its my own fault i just cant leve it alone. thanks for any help..i dont go back to the dentist until oct. 29 to get a mold for the permenant retainer on the bottom..so i dont know if i should call and ask if this is normal..he gave me all my aligners at once in the begining of june and i have seen him once and thats it until my bottoms are done.. seems a little weird that he doest want to see me every few weeks. just gave me the aligners and sent me on my way..
im on #4 of 11/L & 15/u
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Hi Molly
It doesn't sound too serious but if you are worried I think you should speak to your dentist. Is this something that happens in the first few days of a new set of aligners or all the time? If it's just a few days, I would say it's normal.
I know exactly what you mean about not being able to keep your tongue away from it - I was the same when I had my first attachments!
I do think three months plus between check-ups is too long. I went that long once and that's when problems started.
I.T.
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It doesn't sound too serious but if you are worried I think you should speak to your dentist. Is this something that happens in the first few days of a new set of aligners or all the time? If it's just a few days, I would say it's normal.
I know exactly what you mean about not being able to keep your tongue away from it - I was the same when I had my first attachments!
I do think three months plus between check-ups is too long. I went that long once and that's when problems started.
I.T.
Read my Budapest Invisalign blog
it feels this way the whole 2 weeks, i change them on sunday to #5 so i will see if those do it too..the last set did..but i dont remember if the other ones did..i think all the sets have done it..it almost feels like the molds might have been done wrong..there is just a little section that pops out..its not flush all the way aroud the bottom like it is on the top aligners..guess i will see what happens on sunday when i change them...and also when i went to get my aligners for the first time the dentist hands me the box of all the aligners and says i will see you when they are done..i looked at him a little funny, then he says well come back in a month...so when i went a month later he just looked in my mouth and said they are fitting well, i will see u when the bottoms are done so we can take the impression for the permant retainer...does anyone else find this a little strange? he doest want to see me a little more often?
Yes, I consider that strange. Depending on how I am doing at each appointment (every 3-6 aligners - keeps increasing since I am doing well with compliance), they will send me on my way and schedule me for the time needed to complete all the aligners given (so 6-12 weeks).
You may consider yourself lucky for not having several worthless appointments where all you need to do is go in there, open your mouth, do stuff (i.e., bite down, remove aligners), asked if you have any concerns, and get aligners before you are on your way. My shortest appointment so far lasted 15 minutes. I consider the appointments valuable no matter how short. If something is getting off track and I am going in there on a regular basis, the ortho is responsibile to figure it out and figure out how to correct it (and maybe even do the correct before the end, if possible).
The ortho can look and somehow figure out that in the next "x" weeks a tooth will be turning even without having just come from reviewing the ClinCheck and can look in my mouth and say that there is not enough room and do the IPR to make the space. I realize that the Invisalign people tell them initially where IPR needs to be done but a perk of having an orthodontist is that they are trained in tooth movement and can look at teeth and decide there is not enough space and correct it before a problem comes up.
If your practitioner is a really a dentist as is noted in your post, we have had a lot of discussion on this board about pros/cons. All orthos that I consulted with had a strong aversion to dentists who practice Invisalign, one of which gave me the history of the launch of Invisalign to orthos from several years ago. My dentist offered a lower price than any of the orthos by more than $600 but I also did not feel that the competancy or concern for a good result was there. She didn't even evaluate my adequacy as a candidate or tell me what specific problems my teeth had or estimate treatment time. She just said that I am a candidate and said that if I have any questions to just ask the ladies at the desk when I pay my bill on the way out. It was truly ridiculous. Needless to say, after that move, she is also not my dentist anymore!
You may consider yourself lucky for not having several worthless appointments where all you need to do is go in there, open your mouth, do stuff (i.e., bite down, remove aligners), asked if you have any concerns, and get aligners before you are on your way. My shortest appointment so far lasted 15 minutes. I consider the appointments valuable no matter how short. If something is getting off track and I am going in there on a regular basis, the ortho is responsibile to figure it out and figure out how to correct it (and maybe even do the correct before the end, if possible).
The ortho can look and somehow figure out that in the next "x" weeks a tooth will be turning even without having just come from reviewing the ClinCheck and can look in my mouth and say that there is not enough room and do the IPR to make the space. I realize that the Invisalign people tell them initially where IPR needs to be done but a perk of having an orthodontist is that they are trained in tooth movement and can look at teeth and decide there is not enough space and correct it before a problem comes up.
If your practitioner is a really a dentist as is noted in your post, we have had a lot of discussion on this board about pros/cons. All orthos that I consulted with had a strong aversion to dentists who practice Invisalign, one of which gave me the history of the launch of Invisalign to orthos from several years ago. My dentist offered a lower price than any of the orthos by more than $600 but I also did not feel that the competancy or concern for a good result was there. She didn't even evaluate my adequacy as a candidate or tell me what specific problems my teeth had or estimate treatment time. She just said that I am a candidate and said that if I have any questions to just ask the ladies at the desk when I pay my bill on the way out. It was truly ridiculous. Needless to say, after that move, she is also not my dentist anymore!
just put in #5 and its doing the same exact thing..it feels like when they made the mold they wiggled the tray and the and it hardened in the wrong spot...they always dont fit in the back until a bite down on them after about a day they sit fine everywhere except that one spot near the front..im starting to think maybe it is from the mold because it took them 4 times to get the bottom mold right..by the forth time it felt like they were going to rip my teeth out.. im starting to think i should go see the dentist