Have you ever heard of using Invisalign with MA in adults? Today, let’s review a case where Invisalign with MA was performed on an adult with a Step 2 high-angle airway case in Australia.

From the description, this case looked like a clear case where surgery would have been required to make corrections effectively, but the patient didn’t want to go that route. Instead, this provider decided to do Invisalign with MA with TADs. So, let’s review whether or not it is allowed, whether it is possible, and if we think it’ll work.

Using Invisalign with MA in Adults to Correct Bites for Sleep and Airway

First and foremost, can you use Invisalign with MA in adults? You actually can’t order MA for adults, so the only way that we suspect this could be possible is through some manipulation of the system. Unfortunately, doing so violates Invisalign’s terms and conditions because this treatment is only FDA-approved for growing kids and teens who still have growth time.

Whether or not Invisalign allows you to add MA to a patient’s case plan answers our second question of if this strategy is possible for an adult patient. Technically, it is possible to order, but not without risking violating Invisalign’s terms.

Next, did it work? ‘Working’ and creating an excellent result are two different things in orthodontics. For this particular case, this client would have needed some sort of surgical intervention to create nice looking alignment while correcting their bite and serving the desired purpose for the airway. The case was essentially a VME case, which could have seen improvement from removing the third molars, sequential distalization, and Invisalign. These cases are standard and have precedence in the field.

While this case was certainly experimental, we wouldn’t recommend proceeding down this route. With the risks involved in skirting Invisalign rules and potentially not correcting the problem or making the patient’s case worse, we recommend avoiding using Invisalign with MA in adult patients.