The correct response to a lost or damaged aligner depends on how long it was worn, how the teeth fit the previous or next tray and where you are in treatment. Keeping recent aligners can be useful when the office needs to advise you.
The correct response to a lost or damaged aligner depends on how long it was worn, how the teeth fit the previous or next tray and where you are in treatment. Keeping recent aligners can be useful when the office needs to advise you.
This guide is written for Maple Ridge patients as decision support. It cannot determine suitability for treatment without an examination and appropriate records.
Keep recent trays is one of the practical factors that can change diagnosis, appliance choice, treatment timing or the way progress is monitored. It should be discussed in the context of the whole case rather than treated as an isolated checklist item.
Contact the office is one of the practical factors that can change diagnosis, appliance choice, treatment timing or the way progress is monitored. It should be discussed in the context of the whole case rather than treated as an isolated checklist item.
Do not force a poor fit is one of the practical factors that can change diagnosis, appliance choice, treatment timing or the way progress is monitored. It should be discussed in the context of the whole case rather than treated as an isolated checklist item.
Protect replacement trays is one of the practical factors that can change diagnosis, appliance choice, treatment timing or the way progress is monitored. It should be discussed in the context of the whole case rather than treated as an isolated checklist item.
Only if your treating team advises it.
Sometimes that may be recommended temporarily, which is one reason not to discard recent aligners immediately.
A minor crack and a split aligner are different situations. Contact the office for instructions.