/diy/ - Do It Yourself

The original mold. Notice LI-r (right lateral incisor) projected outward, and the right central incisor was depressed inward and overlapped a bit.

Bonus utility from these aligners:

They double as perfectly formed, low profile nightguards, which protect me from grinding my teeth at night. Also, they can be used as well-fitting whitening trays.

Does anyone have any experience with DIY teeth whitening? Compounds to use vs which ones to avoid?

Some other info:

In order to map realistic movement I needed there to be no collisions between teeth, and this required 5 teeth to be motile: C-r, LI-r, CI-r, LI-l, and C-l. C-r tilts out slightly to make room for LI-r to tilt back inward. LI-l and C-l tilt out to make room for CI-r to tilt out. CI-r is tricky, because it has moved laterally a bit behind CI-l, so it's going to need to move to the left first on it's path to tilt outward. The rest of the teeth are stationary, and will be held in their current positions by the aligner/retainer.