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Larissa D asked in HealthDental · 1 decade ago

technical question about invisalign ( professionals only please!)?

i am a dental tech, and i want to do invisalign, i only have 4 teeth that need to be straightened, cuspid and lateral on upper, and cuspid and 1st bi on the lower. i need to shift the teeth posterior to this point back a little to give me a little room as these teeth are crowded, my question is should i place the pressure point on the mesio-buccal and mesio-lingual areas of each tooth that needs to be moved?

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  • 1 decade ago
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    Invisalign requires submission of impressions and photographs for computer analysis prior to diagnosis for a case, so we can't advise you about your own treatment with virtually zero information. It sounds like you are planning on trying to make the modifications to your own models and doing a series of appliances. If so, good luck. You are correct in theory, though. The movement would start at the most posterior tooth and proceed tooth-by-tooth until you have created the room required to move the malaligned teeth.

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