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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My brother is a dds, and parent of teens.  He was negative on Invisalign for young patients bc young patients tend not to wear them, lose them.  Also, I think invisalign need to be removed when you eat, and that’s another chance for them to disappear.

The problem is that if you don’t wear them, your teeth aren’t corrected, and you can’t move on to the next stage as expected.  Then it’s just a mess.

Anyway, I don’t remember all the details, bc it was clear that this was not the right choice for my DC.  (DC really wanted Invisalign for cosmetic reasons.). And since I’m not a dds, I’m not really qualified to debate this/offer clarification.  I’m sure other parents have had great experiences with Invisalign, so doubtless varied  points of view on this board.[/quote]

So Invisalign is a bad choice for people who don't wear them consistently and don't keep up with brushing?

What if your teenager is a responsible person who will wear them consistently and will keep up with brushing?[/quote]

They literally have to brush at school after eating, or not wear them, which also isn't an option. If your kid's school schedule makes that possible, it could work. If they put the things back in without brushing, it creates perfect conditions and speeds up the decay process, which is different from the just the difficulty of brushing with regular braces. If they forget to brush one night, that is 10 hours of accelerated decay. And for my DC, summer camp was the beginning of the end. They were never near a place to brush after eating and never had a brush on them when they stopped to eat, so for two weeks, bacteria ate away at the enamel all day long. Had I known, we'd have taken two weeks off from wearing it even though that would have slowed down the process. My DC never lost them, but yeah, cavities for the first time ever.[/quote]

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