Minor tooth movement

In the past, even if a case only required minor corrections, the only Invisalign option available was the Invisalign Full Arch option. In 2010, Align Technology, Inc launched Invisalign Lite which is a 14 aligner treatment option. Whilst this treatment option made Invisalign more financially attractive to patients; in very minor crowding cases, 14 aligners were just too much. Patients were not prepared to pay the fees requested for the Invisalign Lite and full arch treatments and would therefore consider other appliance systems that were more affordable. The release of the Invisalign i7 treatment option in 2012 for minor crowding cases included a seven-aligner treatment option at a laboratory fee that was extremely attractive to Invisalign providers. This, in turn, made it an affordable treatment option for interested patients.

The clinical parameters of i7 are as follows:

In our practice, i7 is primarily used for minor crowding or spacing cases, orthodontic relapse cases and pre-restorative alignment cases. The following case studies illustrate how successful i7 has been in treating these cases requiring minor tooth movement.