Pediatric Clear Aligner Invisalign First Review Record

Hello,

Let me introduce pediatric orthodontic treatment in Apgujeong.

Patients are searching for Invisalign First treatment a lot and coming to the clinic.

Invisalign First has a treatment period of 18 months.

This is the treatment’s validity period, or warranty period.

Invisalign is a product name from a U.S. company called Align Technology.

It is the validity period of the child’s ID assigned by this company.

In other words, when a child starts treatment, a unique ID is created for that child, and Invisalign keeps that ID open for 18 months. That is how you can understand it.

During this period, you can log in with the child’s ID and request additional appliances using that ID.

And if a child who had pediatric orthodontic treatment with Invisalign First later becomes an adult and needs a second round of orthodontic treatment, meaning adult treatment in the permanent dentition, that child’s ID remains in the company’s system, so even if they immigrate anywhere in the world, they can receive a discount on the lab fee for the second Invisalign treatment.

22.11.23

This is how the patient looked on the first day of visiting the clinic.

To list the problems:

Deep bite (the front teeth bite too deeply)

Crowding (crooked and uneven)

Insufficient space for the erupting permanent teeth

And the child’s personal situation was that they would be going abroad in one month and returning six months later

A treatment plan was made to fit these circumstances.

So did treatment really have to start now?

This child visited at age 10.

The patient was a boy, and treatment only needed to start before he entered middle school, so it did not absolutely have to begin right then.

Parents can proceed once they fully understand the pros and cons.

In particular, the point that a deep bite can negatively affect mandibular growth or the temporomandibular joint is what supports pediatric orthodontic treatment.

23.1.26

This is how it looked when the child was wearing the appliance in the early stage.

This is appliance number 17.

In line with the child’s travel schedule, we carried out the early phase of treatment without attachments.

(But since the trip was canceled, we just continued the treatment.)

Children are different from adults, so attachments are not always necessary for the initial tooth movement.

23.11.4

This is how it looked when the first set was almost finished.

The tooth indicated by the arrow no longer matched the appliance, so we remade it at the appropriate time.

If the appliance does not fit, that does not automatically mean it must be remade.

It is better to keep wearing it until the proper time and remake it at the time most advantageous for the doctor to judge remaking.

This can shorten the overall treatment period.

24.3.26

This is how it looked about three months after remaking it.

The problematic teeth were almost completely aligned.

From that point on, we only maintained without active treatment.

2024.6.4

Using the sufficiently created space in advance, the permanent teeth that follow, such as the canine teeth, are erupting.

Once the permanent teeth have come up to an appropriate level, we plan to provide a fixed retainer as well.

It seems that this child will probably not need a separate second round of orthodontic treatment in the permanent dentition.

2022.11~2024.06

2022.11~2024.06

2022.11~2024.06

The first set had 43 aligners, and the second had 17, so with a total of 60 aligners worn for 5 days each, the total treatment period was 300 days.

There were breaks in between, and then the patient resumed visits to the clinic repeatedly.

Although it is not a very long period, if the treatment plan is appropriate and the aligners are worn properly, the results of pediatric orthodontic treatment with Invisalign First are very good.

The key to pediatric orthodontics, in my view, is achieving an effect within a short period of one year or less, without making the child go through too much hardship, to the point that they will not need orthodontic treatment as an adult. Therefore, I recommend pediatric orthodontic treatment only when it is clearly more beneficial for the child later in life.

From Invisalign First to jaw growth treatment, pre-Ortho, and even long-term treatment for difficult cases with multiple missing teeth, we do our best so that the efforts of the child and parents are fully rewarded.