Invisalign process?

Can someone explain to me the steps in which you go through in getting invisalign !





invisalign records and braces records are these same or different!





Also is there a price involved in this consultation!!!!!





Any answers welcome

Invisalign process?
You must first have a consultation with your dentist. Some will provide this free of charge. If it is determined that Invisalign would be a good fit for you, you will schedule an appointment to have molds taken of your mouth. They will also take photographs of your teeth.





The photographs and molds will be sent to the Invisalign laboratory, which will make a computer model of your teeth and develop a treatment plan. They will then send this back to your dentist. If everything looks OK, the dentist will tell the lab to proceed and the lab will begin to make your plastic trays.





When your trays are ready, your dentist will bring you in and apply bonded brackets to some of your teeth. These hold the trays on and enable teeth movement. This does not hurt and requires no anesthetic. In some cases, the dentist will need to make small spaces between certain teeth. This may be done before treatment starts or at a later date, when the movement requires it.





You will get your first set of trays on the same day. You change the set every two weeks or so. Your dentist will generally give you two or three sets to take home with you. If you experience pain or if the bite feels off when you change the set, go back to your dentist and he can adjust the trays accordingly.





Invisalign can fix most problems, but if you have more severe orthodontic problems, such as a pronounced over/underbite, you may need to go with regular metal braces.
Reply:They're diff. b'cause with traditional braces you were the same thing for 2-3 years depending on how bad your teeth are, with invisilighne- I know I spelled it wrong- you were between 18-30 sets of plastic braces for 15 months. and you change the braces every 5- 7 weeks. They usually cost around 2,000 to 3,000 dollars wayless than the traditional braces.
Reply:I've had terrible teeth for years, and so for the past several months I've been wearing invisalign braces to straighten them out. I did have to pay for my consultation where they took moulds, and photographs and shipped it off to invisalign themselves. I had to put down a deposit of $1800 when it was approved (the whole thing cost me about $5000) but most places are good and they're allowing me to pay in installments.





Getting moulds taken of your teeth SUCKs and it takes a few weeks for the trays to come, but your dentist will show you a digital mark up of your teeth and the pattern that they're going to move in over the entire treatment time. It's really cool, so you can look at it and know when your teeth will look nicer! He'll then glue little buttons to your teeth and give your first retainer.





And yes, they are -completely- invisible. When he put it on my teeth, it practically disappeared before my eyes. And it always surprises people when I go to eat something and take the retainer off - because they don't notice it at ALL. Don't even notice the buttons! It's incredible.





It is a huge undertaking though, you need to be dedicated to wearing them (because it's very easy to not want to - especially if you snack often.) and you need to clean your teeth every time you put them back in, else food gets stuck to them and stuff and it's not fun. When you put a new aligner in (I hate doing that) it's also a pain in the butt to get off for a day or two because it's so tight on your teeth.





The other thing about them that sucks is that you might need your teeth "Slenderized" - read: Shaved - so that they can rotate and move properly. I went in today actually to have the edges of some of my teeth filed down, which doesn't hurt at -all-, but can be weird.





The retainers do stain, too. So no drinking koolaid with them in. Although if you rinse them in mouthwash and give them a good scrubbing with a toothbrush you can clean them quite well. I'm also on a 10 day rotation (rather than the usual 14) so if your retainers DO discolour, you'll put a new, clean, clear retainer in by the time anyone even notices.





All my friends that have ever had track braces are seethingly jealous. There's no elastics, no wires cutting into my gums, no hugely painful tightenings, and you can't see them! The treatment is also a lot faster since you can completely coordinate what teeth move and when they do it. It's awesome! Definitely worth it.