Invisalign crowded bottom teeth before and after
Clear aligners can straighten some crowded lower teeth with planned forces, but the result depends on space, roots, bite, gums, and wear time.
The short answer
Clear aligners can straighten some crowded lower teeth with planned forces, but the result depends on space, roots, bite, gums, and wear time. Crowding can reflect tooth size, arch width, tooth position, or jaw relationships. Planning uses an examination and records to decide on attachments, enamel reduction, elastics, or another appliance.
What is the direct answer?
What does this question mean?
Crowding can reflect tooth size, arch width, tooth position, or jaw relationships. Planning uses an examination and records to decide on attachments, enamel reduction, elastics, or another appliance. Clear aligners can straighten some crowded lower teeth with planned forces, but the result depends on space, roots, bite, gums, and wear time.
What can you do next?
Wear each tray as directed, remove it for eating unless instructed otherwise, clean it and your teeth, and attend checks for tracking and bite changes.
When should you seek dental care?
Contact the treating clinician if a tray will not seat, an attachment detaches, gums recede, or pain or bite changes unexpectedly.
What should you ask the dentist?
Ask how much crowding can be corrected while protecting roots and gum support, and how retention will maintain the result.
Frequently asked questions
What should I do first?
Wear each tray as directed, remove it for eating unless instructed otherwise, clean it and your teeth, and attend checks for tracking and bite changes.
Could another dental problem cause this?
Crowding can reflect tooth size, arch width, tooth position, or jaw relationships. Planning uses an examination and records to decide on attachments, enamel reduction, elastics, or another appliance.