hey it's dr amanda with straight smile solutions street smile solutions.com and today we're going
to break down why i think you should stay away from doctors who are using invisalign assist or
invisalign go and i know this is going to piss off the online technology people who listen to this
video but i really we do have a patient-facing facebook group and even though we don't deal
with consumers at all you know it's just kind of a way we give back um we've got a
couple thousand consumers that are on it and one this is a very common question and it just seems
consumers are getting more and more confused about what these products are and what this
tells us about their doctor that they're picking to do their treatment plan if they're
using these products so first of all i want to say invisalign and i've got a ton of different
videos on this if you just go into my channel and click scroll down and see the invisalign channel
tons of videos on everything invisalign and i do break down the different menu different menu
options so um invisalign has a ton of different products and it depends on what country you're in
and we have tons of the us just like three different expresses a light a go assist a
moderate a comprehensive first second viveira there's a lot of different options right
invisalign assist invisalign go are products that are only available to general dentists
or primary keratinis they are not available to orthodontists now what does that tell you well
they're a more limited product they try to control certain features so it makes it more simple
for a general dentist who generally doesn't have all the advanced training in orthodontics so if
i just have yet to see an insist or go treatment plan that looks good because they basically turn
off all the features that i would use to make a to optimize a treatment plan and i help doctors
all the time have way better invisalign treatment plans made for more predictable
orthodontic orthodontic treatment plans through our straight smile solutions
orthodontic consulting process so that's the problem so i think anytime you are
going for a consult with a dentist who might be doing your invisalign or your child's invisalign
it's a good question i always say what type of invisalign product you planning to use for
me and you should know what they are express go light moderate first second comprehensive assist
if they're telling you it's go or an assist it's telling you that this doctor's not very
experienced first of all because experienced doctors don't use those um second of all they're
not moving back teeth which is sometimes okay and sometimes not okay the outcome is not gonna be as
good it's not going to be perfect it's just going to be improved now if this is on a teen
or a child that's a no i am completely against improved on teens and children everything on teens
and children should be perfect these are kids we should give do our best this shouldn't be improved
if you're over 18 and you just want front teeth only and you're okay not messing with your bite
or fixing things that need to be fixed because it takes more time and perhaps you're on a budget
okay as long as you understand your risks benefits and alternatives you are old enough to make an
educated decision and make that choice i get it even when i had braces my third time as an adult
and granted i treated myself i was like i know i'm not gonna wear elastics i've done it before i hate
them i don't care if i have two millimeters of overjet at the end it doesn't bother me
i'm going to not move my back teeth is what i said and i didn't and guess what i'm now in my 40s and
i'm totally fine with that but i made an educated decision for me would i do this on my kids
absolutely not i would never shortchange my kids or i don't think any kids should be shortchanged i
believe that's below standard of care that's just my personal values as an orthodontist if somebody
came into my practice and they wanted to cheap out and just do improvement on their kids only
that's a no we'll find a way to make it happen but you all kids should be treated like gold all kids
should be treated perfectly anyways that was a little bit of a high horse diatribe but i just
want you to be aware and just red flags should go up any time my doctor tells you they're going to
use assist or go also assist like i said things can get worse when you use these products because
a lot of the features are turned off and then you're trapped within that product and you can't
always get out without paying a big fine or a penalty to invisalign to go into the comprehensive
so that's another thing i've had a lot of doctors that have had terrible treatment plans things got
worse because they use these more limited products so you know you can get very trapped
and i see a lot of patients that are frustrated because they're stuck in a sister go and their
doctors don't know how to get out of that trap so anyways hopefully this was helpful i
just want to create awareness for those brands invisalign this is just my opinion um i but i
think that your consumers have a right to know what they're choosing all right thank you