Invisalign disaster!!! Dentist disaster!!!

[TXgal750]

I have swelling underneath my bottom lip, on both sides also their was a lot of dryness around my mouth causing deep creases all over my mouth area. I had been wearing an Invisalign retainer and also the dentist had corrected my bite, looking back I also remember when the dentist assistant took impressions on my teeth for the retainers he was pushing down on my jaw hard. My face is disfigured something went wrong. I stopped wearing my retainers so my teeth are now shifting back, I only got Invisalign to close the gap between my teeth, I regret going to that dentist and getting Invisalign. What could have caused my lip area to look like an upside down u. Please help me, how can my face be corrected?

[lovesradio]

I suspect it's swelling caused by all the messing around that's been done to your mouth and teeth, so it will go down in time. If it's painful you could try a little ibuprofen gel.

[TXgal750 in reply to lovesradio]

Just last night I decided to put the retainers back in my mouth, Hopefully I don’t get more of the puffy pockets. I did go to the hospital and was giving a steroid shot, the dryness has gone away but the pockets underneath my lips are still there.

[blairstone90 in reply to TXgal750]

its exact what it is a lumpy puffy pocket you can feel it with your fingers i got my mum to put gloves on and check too and she said yeah its a lump

[pipkin01]

Are you alergic to something on the plastic material of the retainer?

[TXgal750 in reply to pipkin01]

After wearing the retainers again I tried for a day and then wore them that night but I was suddenly awoken by coughing and a burning behind my tongue I took off the retainers and I am wearing my regular aligners until I get permanent wire retainers, I’m pretty sure I’m allergic to the plastic of the retainers, but the dentist said they are made of the same plastic however I went to research and it’s a different brand from Invisalign is vivera so I’m not sure if what she is saying is correct all I know is that the plastic is really thick and maybe the chemicals coming off of that plastic is making my face dry up like a rock and I’m noticing the pockets forming that won’t go away.

[Njlv1]

I am experiencing the same problem. Did the hard lumps go away around your lips?

What did you end up doing?

I started Invisalign in February and this just happened. Hope to hear from you!

Thank you!

[blairstone90]

the same thing has happened to me on one side, i thought it was because my teeth are moving in that i dont have support there but ive felt both sides and it feels like a swollen lump, ive had mine in for 6 weeks, i want to take mine out too, i have smile direct, but its already like this now its not getting worse so i dont see the point in taking them out, i am worried about all the pressure causing a permanant line on my corner of my lip, im going to have to probs get a filler there when its finished with, i initally thought it was because i was pulling them out so much and being rough, but probs the pain was so intence ive damaged my whole side of my face and the pressure from pushing your lips forward, your in an uncomfotable unnatural position all day and night, i totally feel your pain, and maybe like your not using your mouth as normal, i wish i never started the process too but im half way through.