u/DelegateChaos

Hi everyone!

I’ve gotten approved and paid for Invisalign and seen my treatment plan.

Due to over crowding on my bottom front teeth, my choices were pull one front tooth, and do Invisalign (preferred); or remove 4 premolars and do traditional braces (would’ve given me the “perfect” alignment on my front teeth).

I opted for Invisalign anyway because I didn’t care about my four front teeth perfectly lining up. And didn’t think I could deal with 4 more extractions, and didn’t want braces for 3 years in tandem with my line of work

Anyways - the ortho said a couple trays into my treatment he will refer me to have the front bottom tooth removed to make room for my bottom canine to come into place as the incisor is basically sitting behind it.

Has anyone had a tooth removed during Invisalign treatment? When did you resume your treatment/how long did it take until you could put trays back in?

I got a molar extracted (that went into my sinus) and a bone graft completed about a month ago.

Shortly after, I scheduled an ortho appointment because I read getting a consult can be good before getting an implant placed in case it’s more beneficial for the end result to start treatment before placing a tooth that cannot move.

Consult went great, they were running a promotion for Mother’s Day so I signed / paid. They told me my dentist cleared me for treatment and they’d leave the space for the future implant that’s needed and work closely with the surgeon to ensure the space being left is adequate. (noting that while my dentist did not directly refer me, I set out for this on my own - turns out this is the same orthodontist office my dentist refers to).

However what I did not consider was my bone graft. The structure looked fine on the panoramic taken today according to the orthodontist (he said bone all around looks good); and I want to assume that my dentist is aware that a bone graft was placed because the oral surgeon sends them a report after I get work done.

Is this normal procedure? Or should I call my oral surgeon directly? Maybe call the ortho back to make sure all parties were aware…? Invisalign treatment is supposed to start the same day as my follow up CT with the surgeon, unless the aligners come in sooner (next month).

Really I’m panicking because I thought to Google it, and I already paid for the treatment and got the scans done.

Thanks in advance!

Hello!

I’m currently healing after getting a bone graft and extraction on one of my upper molars.

I was planning to do a consult for Invisalign, then one of teeth had a crack situation that resulted in removal and bone grafting with the intentions of placing an implant in a few months.

I’ve read that implants can’t move, so I’ve been debating getting my consult done now before moving forward with the implant.

But I’ve also been told if I wait too long to do the implant, the bone can absorb and cause issues with placing an implant down the road.

If anyone has knowledge or experience with this kind of scenario, advice or stories would help a lot with what I want to do moving forward

Thank you in advance!