So here is the biggest part about my Invisalign Review that I’m not too fond of. My dentist has to file down my teeth and put these little bumps or buttons on my teeth made out of a composite material. These little bumps are called “Invisalign Attachments” or “Invisalign Buttons”.

I know what most of you are thinking…

“It can’t be that bad”, “No one will notice”, etc. Well one attachment has to go on one of my front teeth! Not happy at all.

The purpose of the Invisalign Attachment is to make the trays stay on your teeth. The trays pop on an pop off in a sense..

Has anyone had attachments on their front teeth before? How did they feel? Were they noticeable?

Here is a picture of what an Invisalign Attachment looks like…

I’ve obtained pictures for my Invisalign Review of my crooked teeth from my dentist..
Crooked Teeth, Before Invisalign (front profile)

As you can see on the left side of the picture, I have a noticeable gap that bothers me the most out of all the problems that i have with my teeth. The fact that I have fangs bother’s me a little bit too because it’s noticeable in pictures. Both fangs on the top are slightly turned outward. Invisalign would angle them inword eliminating the gap.

Crooked Teeth, Before Invisalign (left side profile)

This side isn’t as bad. No gap between the teeth, just the tooth next to the front tooth on the top row is a little bit recessed.

Crooked Teeth, Before Invisalign (right side profile)

In this picture of my crooked teeth, you will be able to notice what the ortho’s were talking about in terms of needing braces with rubber bands. As you can see, I have a bit of an underbight. My top teeth actually hold my bottom teeth in. The concern was that the bottom teeth would lay outward more and come out beyond the top two front teeth. My dentist and the Invisalign animation showed that It probably wouldn’t happen… This is where I’m taking a chance…. :S

Crooked Teeth, Before Invisalign (bottom profile)

Notice that the bottom row of teeth is crooked and crowded…

Crooked Teeth, Before Invisalign (top profile)

The top row of teeth isn’t as bad but you can see that the teeth next to the front two are a bit recessed…

I hope that these pictures will help you understand my situation during my Invisalign Review and where Invisalign will take me.

This part of the Invisalign Review and process is actually pretty cool!

So this is how they make the Invisalign retainers…

The dental hygenist comes in first and brings with him a football mouth guard looking tray for both your top and bottom teeth. He fills them up with the first type of “goop” and the “goop” molds to your teeth after a few minutes of you holding your jaw in the same position. After it hardens, he then takes it out and puts even slimier “goop” into the tray and it takes another few minutes to harden. He then pulls with a decent amount of pressure and the tray pops out. There you have it! A perfect impression of your bottom or top row..

He then does the same for the other row..

Then he manually has you bight down and puts “goop” all around your bite where your teeth meet. He lets it harden and then pulls it out. This last mold is of your bight and how it lines up.

This is where my Invisalign Review gets really cool!

For my invisalign review, my dentist then sent the impressions or molds of my top row of crooked teeth, my bottom row of crooked teeth and then my bight alignment in to the Invisalign people. About two weeks later I was asked to come back to his office and I learned that once the Invisalign people get the molds, they put them into their special computer and it makes an animation of where your teeth are now and where they will be at the time of the last retainer. Each retainer lasts two weeks and the Invisalign people will give an animation file showing your teeth from going from crooked teeth – to straight teeth!

WordPress won’t let me upload the file because it’s a .wmv, but I’ll find a way. Keep checking back with my Invisalign Review for updates!