Maybe that was years ago, and you’ve wondered ever since whether the answer would be different today. Highland Pointe residents can ask, without assuming what the answer will be.
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Advice about straightening teeth reflects the mouth examined at that moment. Your teeth and bite may have stayed the same since, or they may have changed. A previous recommendation is useful background, but nobody can say what fits you now without looking again.
Some movements really are more predictable with brackets and wires, and a fresh examination could confirm the earlier advice. It could also point to aligners or a combined approach. Highland Pointe is in Winnipeg, and this assessment takes place at our McPhillips Street clinic.
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Your teeth, gums, bite and jaw relationships are examined as they are today, rather than as they were described.
Hearing that braces still suit you better is a real result, and so is learning that aligners could do the job.
Whatever you recall about the earlier reasoning gives the dentist a helpful starting point for discussion.
Two questions sit underneath this choice: can the appliance produce the movement your teeth need, and can you give it the daily cooperation it requires?
Aligners can manage many selected concerns, using planned force from one tray to the next. A decent match also depends on keeping them in for the prescribed time.
Fixed appliances stay on throughout active treatment and act directly on the teeth. For certain movements that remains the more predictable approach.
Fixed or removable, the choice rests on your assessment. A clear explanation of why one is recommended is a fair thing to ask for.
Should your examination support aligners, treatment proceeds through a sequence of planned stages. Even a yes keeps being tested by how the teeth actually respond.
Request your visitBeyond the examination itself, photographs and suitable X-rays are reviewed, and this is when you can compare the old advice with what’s found now.
Each tooth’s path is worked out digitally, including how to create room. Ask which movements in your case are expected to be the most demanding.
Fit gets confirmed at delivery. Any bonded attachments go on, and you’re shown how to put trays in, take them out and keep them clean.
Progress visits look at how teeth are really moving. If trays stop fitting as intended, the dentist can step in and adjust course.
You don’t need the old paperwork or the exact wording. A loose memory of what was said, and roughly when, is enough to open the discussion.
If you’d like copies of earlier X-rays or records from another office, you could ask that office what they’re able to share.
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Plenty of people put treatment aside for a reason, whether it was appearance, cleaning, cost or plain reluctance. Knowing yours makes the discussion more useful.
If visible brackets were the main objection, ask how noticeable aligners and any attachments would be in your case.
Brackets change how you brush. Trays come out for it, but they also ask you to clean before each reinsertion.
Trays feel snug by design. Anything sharp or a poor fit is something to phone about, whichever option you choose.
Whichever way it goes
Choosing trays over brackets doesn’t change what follows active movement. After either appliance, teeth need holding while tissues adapt around their new positions.
Retention is required with clear aligners just as it is with braces, so don’t let it sway your choice between them.
When teeth haven’t finished moving, new records may support additional aligners. Planning for them is normal practice.
Without retainers worn as prescribed, teeth can shift again. This is true at any age and after any type of appliance.
Unsure what the retainer stage would ask of you? Bring it up before you decide on anything.
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Unit-5 2358 Mcphillips Street, Winnipeg, MB R2V 4J6Get directions (opens in a new tab)Highland Pointe residents can have braces advice re-examined at Winnipeg North Dental, Unit 5, 2358 McPhillips Street, in Winnipeg, where aligner care would also take place.
The online form is a request, not a booked slot. Once it reaches the clinic, someone replies to arrange a time. Please call about urgent problems.
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Helpful details about invisalign in Highland Pointe.
Ask our teamPossibly, or possibly not. It depends on the movement your teeth need today, so an up-to-date examination is the way to answer that question.
Yes, that could happen. Certain movements are more predictable with brackets and wires, or with an approach that combines both appliances.
They aren’t essential for asking the question. New photographs, X-rays and scans may be taken as appropriate, and you’re welcome to mention what you remember.
It’s a plan drawing on more than one type of appliance, because no single option covers every movement. Ask whether it applies to your teeth.
A different kind. Brackets stay put with nothing to remember, whereas trays rely heavily on you wearing them consistently through the day and night.
Simply say so at your assessment. The dentist bases recommendations on what’s examined now, so a hazy memory doesn’t stand in your way.
Phone (204) 338-3003 or use the form. Your visit would be at Unit 5, 2358 McPhillips Street, Winnipeg, MB R2V 4J6.
Tooth position is one part of how a smile works and looks. These pages cover wider orthodontic options and the routine care that supports them.
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Ask our Winnipeg clinic to look at your teeth as they are now, and explain which appliance may suit them.
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