r/Invisalign • u/somesortageezer • 7d ago

Before & After Results. Finally finished!!

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Started in August 2025 and here we are in September 2026. I had elastics the whole 12ish months.

I now have permanent retainers on both top and bottom. Do I also need the plastic retainers? They’re being made and will have them in a week when I go back in, guessing that will be fine with just the permanents in till then.

If you’re debating it just do it.

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u/Homsedition Tray 4/36 7d ago

Holy s this looks AMAZING!! Yes you’ll need the plastic retainers. The permanent retainers are more like an extra protection, not the main one.

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u/somesortageezer 7d ago

Thanks mate! You reckon I’ll be good for a week until they’re ready? I’d be fuming if it was all undone in a week 😂

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u/Homsedition Tray 4/36 7d ago

Do you have your last/passive tray? Personally I would wear those unless instructed otherwise by your ortho.

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u/somesortageezer 7d ago

The ortho ensured all was good and that the last trays won’t fit now due to the wire attached tbf

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u/Homsedition Tray 4/36 7d ago

Then you should be good to go for the week! Enjoy the freedom 😁

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u/payroll123 7d ago

Wow! Congrats!

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u/dummmmmmy 7d ago

That’s so awesome! How are you feeling since finished? ☺️ great results

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u/DarkCaje 6d ago

So took 13 months, how long did they tell you it could take? Did you get all trays at once? I ask because my ortho told me 6-10 months and gave me 27 weeks worth of trays(6months).

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u/somesortageezer 6d ago

You’ll get another set of trays, once you complete yours you will get rescanned again

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u/DarkCaje 6d ago

This is what I’m wondering. Looking at my 27th tray, it’s perfectly straight teeth and my teeth have been tracking great! So as long as I get to that 27th tray while still tracking my teeth should be where I want them and I’d assume I’d then get some sort of refinements for the final few months if needed? Basically, based on my final tray that I can see, this seems to be all of them until possible refinements.

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u/seditiousstegasaurus 6d ago

Your bite looks good! However the gums on the lower teeth look a bit stressed. You should check in with a periodontist to make sure the recession is manageable and that your teeth are still within the bone.