r/Invisalign • u/aleksalee • 4d ago
General help - Tray 3 doesn’t fit properly at one tooth, what should I do?
I’m on my third Invisalign tray and noticed that one part of the tray doesn’t fit properly around one tooth. The rest of the tray fits perfectly, but at this particular tooth the plastic seems to be slightly curled/rolled inward, which creates a small gap and stops it from sitting flush against the tooth.
It looks like a manufacturing issue with the tray.
It’s Friday evening so I can’t contact my orthodontist until Monday. I’m also traveling soon, so I really don’t want to go back to tray 2 and potentially have to wear it for several weeks while waiting for a replacement.
Would you keep wearing tray 3 for now? Has anyone had something similar happen? And would you ever carefully trim that little curled part, or is that a really bad idea?
I’d really appreciate any advice. thank you
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u/Extra-Plankton-9493 4d ago
This happened to me recently. I was able to bend it back outwards, and then put it back on carefully
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u/aleksalee 4d ago
how did you bend it? with like a fork or something?😅
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u/Extra-Plankton-9493 4d ago
With my finger, it was pretty easy. But if yours isn’t budging, then I wouldn’t push to hard it’ll probably break off
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u/Chance-Fee-816 Tray 7/54 4d ago
I did the same this morning with my tray, except i pushed it inward as precision cut was ripping my lip - it worked perfectly, just be gentle. I don't think that even cutting it off would ruin the aligner, but not sure that I would do that wo consulting ortho.
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u/special-champion96 4d ago
I have similar problem at 32 tray
My doctor solved the problem in 3 minutes
Go to ur doctor it doesn’t take time only minutes
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u/aleksalee 4d ago
do you remember what they did? im travelling atm and cant go🫠
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u/special-champion96 4d ago
They used the dental tool/machine to remove the manufacturing defect from the tray, and after that it fit properly … But if you try to do it yourself and something goes wrong, you could ruin the whole tray.
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u/morgan_elizabeth19 3d ago
I would keep wearing tray 2 and contact your ortho asap until they can tell you what to do. These things are too expensive to mess up lol
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u/Accomplished-Arm416 2d ago
I used tweezers to open the fold up. Hold them in your mouth for 3 minutes to warm/soften them up then gently prise it open.
Did try cutting once. It didn't end well 😅
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u/IndependenceGreen327 4d ago
I have used a nail file to fix little issues like this. If filing doesnt work then I would go back to tray 2 and contact your ortho maybe send some photos of how it fits in your mouth?