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I made my own clear plastic tooth aligners and they worked

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Re: I made my own clear plastic tooth aligners and they worked

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I came across an article here on HN about mail-order Invisalign companies at a fraction of the price. I'm about half way through and very happy with the progress so far. Just thought I'd give a heads-up if anyone is interested

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This was the article: http://mobile.nytimes.com/blogs/well/2015/02/01/a-trip-to-th...

I went with smilecareclub. They're pretty hands-off but it gets the job done and is a good value

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The work he did with the impressions, to me, suggests he has experience as / knows someone who is a dental technician. If he didn't, wow, he independently figured out some of their key techniques. My grandfather used to make dentures, and that casting in the 4th photo looks exactly like the impressions my GF would make. They also used these hinges so they could mate the upper to the lower, so they could adjust any co…

Nope, no prior experience. It's quite easy, if you have an impression tray (I had to mock it up in 3d and print one). The instructions for alginate are right on the bag. The rest was just reading freely available docs on how to make castings.

Hey! Recent NJIT alumn - great to see something so creative like this come from my home turf. Really impressive work!

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Can you chew food with the aligner on?

I have Invisalign, you can, but it sucks. Kinda feels like eating something that is in a plastic bag that has a little hole in it where you can still taste it.

I thought about the possibility of DIY Invisalign. My ortho basically did this once and gave me trays that he made in-office.

Obligatory: "orthodontists hate him"

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Link?

This was the article: http://mobile.nytimes.com/blogs/well/2015/02/01/a-trip-to-th... I went with smilecareclub. They're pretty hands-off but it gets the job done and is a good value

I wonder how this works, they added brackets on my teeth that act as anchors. Definitely worth the try, I believe that I paid 3k for my treatments, this is ~600. Amazing
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