If One Of My Invisalign Trays Has A Small Crack, But Still Is One Piece And Fits Ok, Do I Need To Replace?

By Orthodontics Editor, on July 2nd, 2009

This happened to my last tray towards the end and it was fine, but I just started this one on Sunday and I feel a small crack. Its in between two teeth and not all the way through, as the tray is still in one piece and seems to be working fine. Since I replace trays every two weeks, do I need to do anything since its not major and doesn’t seem to be affecting anything?
Also, I had lingual attachments added yesterday and two came off. I’ll probably get them replaced next week, but how much would it affect me if I didn’t get them replaced till my appointment next month? They were on my pre-molars I think on one side?? All other attachments are fine, my teeth are very sore so I know its working. Any orthodontists with an opinion?

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2 comments to If One Of My Invisalign Trays Has A Small Crack, But Still Is One Piece And Fits Ok, Do I Need To Replace?

• JoeyJoeJ

  July 2, 2009 at 6:53 pm

  I’m no orthodontist but I think I can answer this. I’m going through Invisalign now too and had the same problem. On my lower aligner, there’s a small crack. The aligner still fits well but didn’t seem quite as snug. That might be because my teeth have adjusted and are used to this aligner by now. I was a little worried so I went in for the ortho to check it out. She said that as long as it still fits well, they’ll want you to wear it as long as possible because it’s still doing it’s job. When I take it out, it still pops off so she said that it’s still effective. If it does eventually break, you can move to the next aligner a little early if you have to and just wear that a little longer.

• jake

  October 13, 2010 at 12:22 pm

  I have a crack in my lower retainer just on the front side one tooth toward the middle. It fits fine but I’m worried about my lower shifting. The crack is from the bottom to the top on the front side but not on the inside. should i be worried?

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