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  • noun Plural form of aligner.

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Examples

  • This has thrown off the planned alignment of my bottom teeth, so there going to recalculate what the adjustments and produce a new series of aligners for me.

    Dentist and Invisalign drewan 2008

  • I'm not excited about having to go through another series of Invisalign aligners again, but since this isn't costing me extra I might as well go for it.

    Dentist and Invisalign drewan 2008

  • Using Align's "Tootshaper" software, operators in Cost Rica create representations of the patient's teeth to fit the aligners.

    Directing Method Step to Be Performed Outside U.S. Negates Joint Infringement Peter Zura 2009

  • Since I'm so close to being done with my top aligners (done at #18), I've decided to wait until the top teeth are done, and then see how the bottom teeth are doing.

    Job postings drewan 2007

  • I haven't been wearing my aligners the 22 hours a day as recommended, but pretty close.

    Job postings drewan 2007

  • Ok fellow Invisalign users, please tell me what you do to clean your aligners.

    On Vox: Invisalign Update drewan 2007

  • Using Align's "Tootshaper" software, operators in Cost Rica create representations of the patient's teeth to fit the aligners.

    Archive 2009-03-01 Peter Zura 2009

  • My options now are to either try going back to earlier aligners (was on 16, now back on 11), or do a refit and what they call a "mid-course correction."

    Job postings drewan 2007

  • I will have to wear 18 aligners on top, and 15 on the bottom, two weeks at a time.

    Invisalign progress drewan 2006

  • You'd be amazed how many peddlers of copper bracelets, electromagnetic stimulaters and aligners, biofeedback machines, and assorted organic/natural/homeopathic remedies/of the ancients, will "prove" the efficacy of their products by describing how they were first developed in the 1800's.

    May 9, 1871 Holly 2005

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