If trays are made in advance, why do progress visits matter so much? River Trail residents who like to understand the reason for each appointment will find an explanation here.
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It’s easy to assume that a digitally planned series more or less runs itself. It doesn’t, since a sequence on a screen can’t predict precisely how living bone and tissue will respond. Somebody has to compare what was intended with what your teeth have actually done.
That comparison is the job of the tracking stage. It can catch a tooth lagging behind, a tray that no longer sits properly, or a plan that needs changing. These reviews, like the rest of the care for River Trail residents, happen at our McPhillips Street clinic in Winnipeg.
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A review places the real position of your teeth next to where the sequence expected them to be.
A tray that isn’t seating as intended is a useful clue, and the clinic will want to hear about it.
Mentioning a concern at the time it appears lets the dentist respond before you’ve gone further down the series.
A progress check draws on two sources of information. One is what can be observed in your mouth, and the other is what only you know about the weeks since your last visit.
The core question is whether the teeth have gone where the sequence said they should, and whether the current tray still suits them.
Things that happen between visits don’t show up in a tray on their own, so your account fills in the picture. Be frank, because accurate information helps everyone.
Exactly what’s reviewed varies with your plan. If you’d like to know what was found, ask, and have it explained in words that make sense to you.
Reviews build on the three stages that come before them, and each earlier stage sets up something a later visit can measure. Here’s how they connect.
Request your visitYour initial examination, with photographs and appropriate X-rays, documents your teeth, gums, bite and jaws before any movement has begun.
The digital plan establishes where each tooth is headed. That gives later visits an expected position to compare against, though the plan isn’t a promise.
On delivery day the first trays are checked and attachments placed. You also learn the handling and care that your later progress depends on.
Each review looks at whether things are on track. When an aligner has stopped fitting as intended, the dentist steps in with a specific correction.
A progress check goes better when you’ve thought about the time since your last visit. It takes a minute, and you won’t need anything elaborate.
Please don’t skip a review because you’ve fallen behind. That’s one of the times when it’s most useful for someone to take a look.
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Some people dread these visits, as if a grade were being handed out. They exist to steer treatment, and being open about what happened gives the dentist something to work with.
Say so directly. Missed time can leave teeth trailing the plan, and the dentist can’t respond to what isn’t known.
Bring that up too. Looking at the actual fit is more reliable than judging by the mirror at home.
Ask for an explanation of anything you’re shown. You’re entitled to understand how your own treatment is going.
When the reviews wind down
As the final tray approaches, the comparison shifts to whether all planned movement has been completed, and what ought to happen next. Retainers come into the picture here.
New records could lead to refinement aligners. Treat this as a further round of planning, which doesn’t mean something has failed.
Retainers take over, keeping your teeth steady while the supporting tissues adapt to where they’ve ended up.
Since shifting can continue throughout life, ask how your retainer’s fit should be looked at in future.
If a retainer stops fitting at any point, treat it as you would a tray that isn’t seating: call before you assume anything.
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Unit-5 2358 Mcphillips Street, Winnipeg, MB R2V 4J6Get directions (opens in a new tab)For River Trail residents, Invisalign care happens at Winnipeg North Dental, Unit 5, 2358 McPhillips Street, in Winnipeg, including the first assessment and later tracking visits.
You’re welcome to send a request through the form, which doesn’t hold a time. The clinic responds so that one can be arranged. Anything urgent is better handled by phone.
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Ask our teamYes. Tray comfort won’t tell you how far each tooth has actually moved, and only a comparison in the mouth can show whether movement is keeping up.
It describes teeth following the planned sequence. A tooth that isn’t tracking has fallen behind, which may mean the aligner no longer fits as intended.
You might see a gap between tooth and tray, though it isn’t always obvious. Contact the clinic if your tray doesn’t seem to be seating.
Call to rearrange it, and ask what you should do with your trays in the meantime. Don’t jump ahead in the series on your own.
It can. Lost wear, damaged trays or lagging teeth may each call for a specific correction, and new records might support extra aligners.
Please do, since it directly affects how your teeth compare with the plan and what the dentist recommends. You’ll get a more useful answer that way.
Reviews happen at Unit 5, 2358 McPhillips Street, Winnipeg, MB R2V 4J6. To reach the clinic about one, call (204) 338-3003.
A healthy mouth makes it easier for treatment to stay on course. These pages describe routine care and other work that may come up while you’re in aligners.
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