Doing my own invisalign

[dentalbum93]

I'm a starting 3rd year dental student. My school gives a discount on Invisalign for students which is roughly $2200. I have a very simple case with just mild crowding on the mandibular and even less on the maxillary from not wearing my retainers in undergrad.

I was wondering how much would the cost be when I'm a dentist and would want to do it on myself. I feel like my case would be so simple I could work with the Invisalign company myself. Just very short on funds right now and would have to take out loans for invisalign so it would really be costing more than 2200.. thoughts?

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[oralcare123]

Are you sure you case is the Invisalign case? What if you need attachments made?
The cost for the dentist is about that much

 

[2TH MVR]

Do you have a deep OB? Simply moving the lower incisors forward into excessive anterior contact is prone to future relapse, premature anterior contact can lead to posterior displacement of the mandible possibly causing future TMJ issues. Will you need attachments and IPR? Most aligner cases do. Any vertical discrepancies? Aligners tend to struggle with intrusion/extrusion. What about retention? It's easy to move teeth into alignment, harder to do it with future stability in mind.

But hey. Like you said. It's just a simple minor incisor crowding case. 😉

 

[CDT13]

I’m not sure where you live, but in my area once you are in dental school there are several orthodontists in town that will do the case for no charge. This is so you will refer patients to them upon graduation. Give that a shot, it never hurts to ask.

 

[tinman831]

2200 is a steal if your school is providing all the labor and materials in that price.

 

[OPAL123]

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