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arrived. Once the new aligners arrived
we removed the lower 3-3, bonded
any attachments and delivered the
new aligners.
Fig. 3 (p. 37) shows the teeth on the
day of the intraoral scan, while Fig. 4
(p. 37) shows the superimposition of
the final desired movements on top
of the initial scan (the blue teeth).
Most of the changes occur in width
to match the upper teeth, and it's
expected that the patient will only
need 12 lower aligners.

Patient 2:

Frustrated by
slow results
"I'm not going to wear braces and
look like one of my kid's friends," said
this 44-year-old woman. We began
Invisalign treatment, and she did a
great job of wearing her aligners 20

Fig. 5

Fig. 6

Fig. 8

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Fig. 7

Fig. 9

hours per day, but after four months,
she became frustrated that the changes
were occurring too slowly. She was
estimated to have approximately 35
aligners to correct her initial lower
crowding (Fig. 5).
Fig. 6 shows mild resolution of the
crowding after four months of aligner
therapy, and the day we placed lower
braces from 6-6 and placed an 0.013
NiTi wire. We proceeded through four
NiTi wires: 0.013, 0.014, 0.018, and
20x20. We saw the patient about every
four weeks, at her request, and removed
the lower braces in four months. The
positioning of her lower teeth on the
day of the braces removal and scan for
refinement are pictured in Fig. 7. The
patient had five regular appointments
and two emergency appointments for
poking wires.
Her lower teeth (Figs. 8 and 9)
show the superimposition after the



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