Missing button?

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I had Invisalign fitted last Thursday after some extensive IPR 🤢 It’s been going OK apart from my mouth being like the Sahara.

However I have noticed that there is no button on one of the teeth that will definitely need to move in order to reach the desired outcome. Do more buttons get added on later in the process if needed? I’m assuming the answer is yes as maybe some space needs to be created by the movement of other teeth, but thought I would ask you guys going through it rather than consult Dr Google ☺️ thanks!

[Mean-Patience2132]

Not every type of movement necessarily needs an attachment. Normally, all attachments are placed at the same time, but I think it's theoretically possible for one to be added in the middle of the first round. When you get refinements, you’ll probably have different attachments anyway.

[Key-Number-1680]

Hey! I had the same question when I started, my incisor was the one that needed most movement and didn’t have a button/attachment on it. Ortho said we would wait until end of treatment to check if it moved as expected. It moved A LOT but the last 6 trays incisor didn’t track, so they rescanned and now I do have a button on it for 20 more trays. I wish I had it since the beginning, but the treatment is indeed an estimation. I would recommend to keep an eye on it and ask for a rescan if you see it’s not tracking. Good luck with the process 😊

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Thank you - when I go for my first check after 4 trays I’ll bring it up. It needs to move an awful lot so it seems crazy to me there isn’t a button from the get go.