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My Treatment Is Coming To An End And I Still Have Gaps In My Teeth

February 12th, 2013

Hi Adam =),

I currently have braces and have had them for about 14 months now. I wanted them to close the gaps i have between some of my teeth, but was told i needed them because my upper jaw is smaller than my lower jaw, and i have a cross bite. So they tried to move my jaw, my teeth were already straight and about 4 months ago i was told that my jaw wouldn’t move anymore, it was stubborn. Haha!
They did work on closing my gaps, which is usually very simple to do with power chains, as i’ve been told by friends and from researching online. But this doesn’t seem to be the same for me. They’ve taken the power chains off my upper set and replaced the wire with a rectangular steel wire, and from research, i have found that this is a wire used when treatment is basically finished. But i’m not happy, i assume that they can close the gaps as i have about 4 small gaps range from about 0.5mm to about 2mm wide, they’ve closed a bit, but i still think my teeth look horrible, my teeth seem to look diagonal when i take a picture and look at them. Should i ask my dentist if there is anything i can do about it? Or do you think an invisalign lite treatment could be used just to close the gaps on my upper set? If so could you give me a rough estimate of the time it would take and the price?

Thank you

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I have finished my treatment, but I am not happy with the results, what can I do?

January 20th, 2012

I have been using invisalign braces since Oct 2010, and had 10 sets of braces up to August 2011. I then had a further 5 sets of braces because my upper arch was still not aligned. I returned to my dentist at the end of Oct 2011, but the tooth next to my front tooth was still not in line with my arch ( it used to overlap behind my front tooth, it no longer does but is still behind the arch line of my upper teeth). My dentist told me Invisalign has refused further treatment as they have “reached their goal”. I argued that our goal was an aligned upper arch but my dentist just repeated the above. He then put a liquid emanel on top of the tooth to bring it in line with my front tooth and arch. I have had this since Oct 2011, but am not happy with it. The colour is more yellow than my own teeth, and I feel that my treatment is not complete, and not in line with what my dentist said was achievable. I asked if it was a money issue but he did not answer. Please can you advise me what to do – I am due to see my dentist in 2 weeks to have the final part of the treatment – a metal wire at the back of my upper teeth to prevent movement of my teeth back. I don’t see the point of doing this when my teeth are not fully aligned and why do I have to have liquid enamel put over a perfectly healthy tooth ( I have also been told that this discolours easily and needs replacing yearly).
I appreciate any advice you can give.
Many thanks

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