Inman aligners

[tifqureshi]

Hi kelhen,

Same here, just found this forum its great. I've had my IA since 4th June and have composite blobs on the front and back of the tooth that required the most movement. My Dentist said that the composite blobs were to stop the bars rising on the front of my teeth & falling on the back of my teeth.

Hi Tif,

Can you answer my question please. As i mentioned above, i've had my IA since 4th June. It took a few weeks to notice any movement, but by August, the movement had been pretty dramatic. Howver, since then there's been little or no movement which is becoming increasingly frustrating. Each visit i make to the dentist i'm told i should bear with it, however I think there needs to be more intervention to get the movement back on track. Is it normal for the inital composites to stay where they are for the full treatment, or should they be reviewed and replaced according to the progress. Any help you can give is appreciated.

Thank you.

Hello Smithy

Obviously its very difficult to comment on your case without seeing you but, it maybe that the aligner needs to be adjusted a little to increase the force. Sometimes some of the movements that are happening are not always totally apparent to the patient but may still be essential.
Composites can stay pretty much in place throughout but yes sometimes we do move them to other teeth as the teeth start to align out.

I have pm'd you

Kind regards

tif

Hi Dr. Qureshi

Welcome to the forum:-)

I have a question for you:

I've been wearing the inman aligner since the middle of august and is already very much satisfied with it! My ortho told me that I'm more or less done with half of the front teeth side, but the tooth next to my fronttooth still needs to be pushed a bit forward. Anway she put composite blobs on my canines aswell in order to make some kind of pressure on them which maybe will make them move a bit so they will be rotated in the right position as the rest of my teeth. Does it make sence what I wrote?
I was then told that if this wouldn't work then we would have to go for the invisible retainer (looks a bit like the Invisalign, I guess it's the same princip) but will this thing really make my canines move into the right position? I mean will this invisible retainer really make them move, and how much time does it in general take? I guess the treatment time will be longer than for the rest of the teeth that was done with my IA because the pressure with this one won't be as "strong" as with my inman, right?

Regards from Scandinavia

Hello

It is certainly possible to use clear aligners after the inman to perform final movements. They often work far better after and Inman Aligner because the inman mobilises the teeth nicely. To rotate your canines might take a couple of clear aligners, but it should work well after the Inman as long as they are fitted immediately.

you may actually find the pressure a little higher because clear aligners are far more rigid.

Generally lower forces means faster movements- hence why the Inman Aligner seems to work so quickly

regards

tif

[xoxstefxox]

Ive had my inman fitted today must say it doesnt hurt at all but just looks really weird on my face! I'm having problems putting it back in though how do you do it?? without breaking something haha :S have u got to push the underneath bit back??

[emmsyg]

Hi all, I haven't been on the forum in a while, but thought I would chime in, and am glad to see it is still up and running, as it's a great source of information.

I finished my inman aligner treatment last March, after being fitted in September 2009, so I was 6 months treatment time in total. Althought this is actually quite long for the IA, I had never had a brace before, and this factor probably contributed to the timescale. My two front teeth bowed slightly inwards in a v shape, and the teeth on either side turned outwards, and I'd always hated them, so at the age of 26 I finally did something about them and got the IA. At first my speech was horrible, and I was really conscious of people looking at me with it in, but you quickly get used to it, and about a month in, my speech was pretty good, apart from my s's!

I also got composite blobs about two months in, and they definitely helped with getting pressure to the right parts of my teeth. I had a good bit of filing done, which was never painful.

In the end I had two clear aligner to try and correct a tooth that had decided to stop moving (it had quite bad rotation, and never moved 100%). After a month of these it still wasn't moving, so my dentist left the decision to me to either keep trying or just leave it as it was. It had still moved significantly from its original position, and I was so happy with my other teeth, that I decided to just leave it slightly imperfect!

So after some filing to even out the shape, I was delighted with the results of the IA! I now wear a clear aligner every night, which is very comfortable. Looking back at photos, I really can't believe how much of a difference I can see, so if anyone is hesitating, just go for it, it really can affect your confidence and self esteem!

Any questions, please ask away, and good luck to everyone, it's honestly worth it for a few awkward months of treatment!

[xoxstefxox]

just wondering, the wires that fit onto your teeth at the back, well i can feel one of them is looser than the other because when i bite my teeth together i can feel it, has anybody else had this problem? if so is it something to be worried about?

[bennyh]

Hey guys, just found out about the inman aligner treatment a month ago and am really interested. My front two front teeth cross over and i have looked at getting work done for the last year as i am quite self conscious about them and hate the look of them especially in photos. The advice i have had so far is that my teeth are actually really healthy and it makes no sense to get them filed and veneers fitted, invisalign is not suited because my teeth are crossed over to much. Which leaves conventional braces but like the others at the age of 28 i am not overly keen on wearing braces for 18 24 months.

I am a teacher and i have concerns with how much your speech if effected in regards to wearing the aligner. However, if the treatment works as good as some people say in a relatively small time frame happy days.

What im after is for some recommendations on who are the best people to go see in london?

Cheers Ben

[emmsyg]

I'm going to try and post some before and after pics, these weren't taken specifically to show off my teeth, but I hope you can get the idea from them!

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After:



Hope that worked![/img]

[NewSmileSoon!]

Hi, I'm getting my Inman Aligner put in in a few days time. I'm looking forward to it so much but prepared for the first few days being rather painful.

One question though. I've been told to wear mine for 20-22 hours a day, which I don't mind at all. I've told my colleagues and to be fair they're a great bunch so despite some good natured slagging, they will be supportive. Thing is I didn't expect that I would only be able to drink cold water when wearing it. I assumed I could drink socially with it in! Using a straw and drinking clear drinks...?

I do enjoy my weekends out! Anyone got any advice on this?

Thanks

[Jus]

I'm going to try and post some before and after pics, these weren't taken specifically to show off my teeth, but I hope you can get the idea from them!

Before:



After:



Hope that worked![/img]

Hi emmsyg

Your teeth looks amazing! Congratulations!

I was just wondering if you were able to get some of the before the treatment pictures from your ortho and some after, so we all could see the difference even better?

And this is actually a smalll wish to all of you out there; if you're done with the treatment, would you then mind to upload some pictures of it? This will be so encouraging for everyone in here, for those who are just about to start the treatment, and those who are in the middle of it.

Thanks everybody!

[boomerang]

Hi has any got the Inman Aligner fitted in Bachelor's Walk, Lisburn? If so, can you please advise if you would recommend this dentist? Thanks

just made appointment at batchelors walk for inman aligner. anybody been to this dentist?????

[emmsyg]

Jus, thanks very much, very happy with the way they turned out! Unfortunately don't have any pictures from the orthodontist, but I would agree to encourage people who have had it done to post some pictures. I think it really helps people to get an idea of the effectiveness, and allows them to see comparisons between their own teeth and successful treatment.

Boomerang, I'm also in Northern Ireland, and got my teeth done at Gentle Dental in Warrenpoint. I live an hour's drive away in Strangford, but found this dentist much cheaper than the others at the time. Consultation was only £25, and treatment from £800 - £1000 per arch. This compared to around £80 for a consultation that I was quoted in Belfast made the drive every few weeks easily worthwhile.

[maureendinner]

I'm looking into getting my teeth straightened and I've spent some time researching Inman, and have found the reviews on this site to be really helpful.

However, the thing I can't get my head around is why anyone would go for Invisalign or metal braces if Inman is available? Invisalign has the benefit of being invisible but the drawback of being very expensive, whereas metal braces have the benefit of being relatively cheap but the drawbacks of being very visible and very lengthy. Inman Aligners seems to have both benefits and neither drawback! I was quoted for metal braces about a year ago and they worked out only slightly cheaper than the Inmans (by a mere £100)!

So why would anyone choose a normal brace over the inmans? Unless maybe Inman doesn't do such a good job? I'm not sure what the case it - it's just that I want the best result and don't want to fork out money for something that doesn't work. Does anyone know anything about the differences between the different methods so that I can make an informed decision? Thanks!

[Lea]

Hi everyone, just wanted to share more of my inman experience since I last posted, 5 weeks ago....it's going so quickly! And now the end is in sight

If you look back at my post I was having concerns that the aligner was hardly touching the back of my right front tooth and therefore was not moving at the same rate as my other front tooth. Well, on my next visit, 2 weeks later, my dentist did actually agree with me and put a blob of composite on the back of it to get it moving. Then on my last visit (last week) the dentist did some more dental stripping (again, absolutely fine, just like filing your nails) and took a cast (?) because I may be ready for the clear plastic retainers - hurrah!!!
I did raise the concern that the gap in between my two front teeth has noticeably widened, due to the teeth being pushed outwards, but I was assured that the clear retainer would address this - I'm just wondering if anyone out there knows if this sounds correct?
As for the composite blob on the outside of my front tooth, I know other people are not bothered by them, I think that maybe mine is perhaps larger and has not been moulded to my tooth very smoothly so it really sticks out. However, I'm not suggesting that should put anyone off getting the treatment done - it's totally worth the results I'm getting in the short space of time I've had the aligner!!! And hopefully a few more weeks and it'll be taken off anyway. Don't let my whining put you off!!!
I'm so excited to see the end results now, when I run my tongue over my teeth I can feel the difference now, so hopefully not long to go

[Lea]

Dear emmsyg,
Thank you for posting your photos - they look great and it certainly helps to know that it really does work for people!

[NewSmileSoon!]

I'm getting my IA on monday, just wondering does it really hurt at first and is the speech bad? i plan on wearing mine for work! any advice is appreciated!

At xoxstefxox

Hi! I had mine fitted a couple of days ago and it doesn't hurt at all, it is very uncorfortable but I'm now going into my third full day of wearing at and can say I've quite got used to it now, so however uncomfortable it feels promise you will get used to it, I wear mine for work but my speech has changed a bit, the best way I can describe it is that I either sound drunk, like I've got a lisp or the best way to describe it is I sound like louie spence, not sure if you have heard of him haha

Hope it helps??

HI Jade 1986

How is it going for you?

I have so much faith in this little intricate piece of apparatus!

I'm into five days of wearing my aligner now and though I don't feel any pain in teeth movement, my mouth is still destroyed in sores. I'm taking every kind of mouthwash and painkiller but they aren't helping consistently and the pain is starting to drive me mad!

I suppose I expected that it would die down after a few days. So now I'm worried that I wil have to endure this pain for the next 2 months!

That aside, my speech started out atrocious!! But, I do think it's getting a tiny bit better every day. I insisted on wearing it to work from the get-go - no pain/shame, no gain! They're still laughing at me (good-heartedly!)!

I'm rambling! Need to head to bed - let me know how you are finding things!

[emmsyg]

maureen, the difference between Inman and the other treatments is that Inman can only correct the front 6 teeth, and the others can treat a whole arch, so it depends on what exactly needs to be altered as to whether it will be right for you!

NewSmileSoon, have you tried using dental wax on the outside of the brace to make a cushion between the metal and the side of your mouth? This should help any sores heal, doesn't affect the brace, and give your mouth time to adjust. You can get it in Boots, or from your dentist, and if you find it hard to get, chew a piece of gum and use it in the same way, really helps!