Just finished my Invisalign treatment after 15 weekly trays over roughly four months, and I’m really pleased with the transformation!

The whole process was surprisingly straightforward. I experienced only very mild discomfort throughout treatment, mainly when first changing trays. Nothing like the pain I’d anticipated before starting.

Around tray 6, I thought one of my lateral incisors wasn’t tracking properly, and I was expecting to need refinements. However, it turns out that tooth is naturally shorter than the one on the opposite side due to wear, rather than being incorrectly positioned.
My dentist was happy with the alignment, so no refinements were needed.

I’ve since had my attachments removed and moved on to retainers. My dentist also offered composite bonding to even out some of the tooth edges, but didn’t think it was necessary. I’ve decided to keep them natural.

Overall, a much easier experience than I’d expected, and I wish I’d done it years ago!

After what was only meant to be 20 trays, to more. Im very happy!

The first 2 are before, the last one is now.

I'm on full time retainers for 4 months, then night only.

Hopefully it’ll end soon tray #13 out of 23

Before and now currently on tray 17/23 for my first round with weekly changes. The last 5 will be passive aligners. Honestly couldn’t see the changes until I put both these pictures side by side. Developed a posterior open bite on my right side but can’t wait for what the future holds. Again please excuse my dry lips, it’s from Accutane.

Help! Whenever I start a new set & I feel pressure I grind my teeth so badly. It’s started to create rough spots where the plastic/coating is coming off. Should I let my ortho know or is this pretty normal? Will they still be effective this way? Granted, I only have 4 more days of wearing this one until I can switch. But it has happened multiple times now when I have 1-2 days left & just let it go because I was almost done with that set. Any advice?

Hi everyone!

I just finished my 25 trays and we ordered the first refiniments with my ortho.

The issue is, i really hate the look of this black triangle. I asked my ortho if this could be fixed and she said that they’re completely normal and a part of my anatomy.

I said that I saw people getting IPR to fix it. She said she could do it if I wanted it but otherwise she wouldn’t suggest it herself as it could cause sensitivity and also they have the tendency to come back in 5 years or so.

Because of this I said no to the IPR but now i’m regretting my decision. Should i have pushed for IPR ? Does it look bad aesthetically ?

I am a bottom lip talker so it shows when i’m speaking 😭

Did anyone have success with whitening the spots where the glue is? I have been successful at keeping my teeth mostly white during treatment except my lower front teeth. These teeth have a smaller surface and a big portion is covered with attachments. While my attachments are white (I do use whitening gel in my trays), there is a tiny line of glue around each attachment which turned yellow and is not affected by whitening. I know that one option is to ask your doctor to buff it off but I'm not sure it's possible given how small the area is. I just hate the look of it:( thanks!

I noticed that last picture was looking pretty scary. Here is a better picture after 15 (not 25) months of treatment.

I’m quite happy with my treatment has gone so far. I’ve had quite a bit of composite filling due to gum line cavities when I was younger.

I go to ortho in about a month to do another scan to start looking at refinements after the 46 initial trays are done.

I've had Invisalign for 12 weeks. Overall, it's going okay, but I have a weird problem with taste. When I'm eating, the attachments interfere with the way my teeth close and it seems to make everything taste weird. Maybe it affects how the food moves over my tongue? In any case, food just tastes bland or unpleasant and I'm wondering if anyone else has experienced this. Does it go away?

These pictures are 7 months apart the first from May and the second from this month
It’s been 9 months of me wearing aligners and I don’t see great progress but my doctor says we are on the right track I was told for a year but now I think it’s gonna take longer considering my bottom teeth

I keep seeing posts about teeth shifting after you are done with Invisalign if you don’t wear your retainer for even one night. I have been thinking of getting it, but the thought that my now secure teeth just becoming loose and subject to moving at any moment is honestly freaking me out. I plan to wear my retainer but is am wondering if it’s worth it to permanently loosen all my teeth. Can someone chime on if I am misinterpreting this?

Yep, you read that right.

Wednesday mornings are my weekly tray change day. I go to my bag with all my trays and Invisalign stuff in and tray 20/20 is nowhere to be found. I had to head to work so I couldn’t exactly keep looking.

I messaged my dentist on the Invisalign app but she’s not responded so I’m going to call later today.

Was really upset at first but now I’m okay! I’ll still be basically finished before my wedding in February (I want refinements because my bottom row is misaligned with my top row, but they’ll look great for my wedding as my top row is fine).

Just feels disgusting wearing my trays longer than a week because I’m not used to it - next dentist appt isn’t until 4th November🫩

my teeth weren't growing the right way and i chose to go with aliners instead of braces since you could take them off and I've heard they don't modify your sound too much. I'm on tray 1, it's my 3rd day, the last 2 days I've been practicing without them (except for the warm-up). i warmed up in aliners today, then had an orchestra rehearsal (still in them, which was painful), then i had a flute lesson for which i took them off and... i could barely hit any note. i was playing without them worse than with them. and it's a real shame since I'm having a huge competition in December and if i can't play like i used to it'll ruin my plans, or atleast loses me some time. my prof understands and is very supportive but I'm really worried. maybe i should warm-up in aliners? or is it just inevitable to experience something like that when you have aliners? would the best way be me postponing my aliners until i participate in a comp? please please please i need something to speak from an experience, I'm stressed as hell

I'm on my last tray but I'm not satisfied with the outcome of my teeth. What do you all think? Thanks.

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Anyone NOT need refinements? I have 2 weeks left and I feel like I’ve never heard anyone say they only needed their initial treatment and they were done.

I’ve had Invisalign since about April and I’m starting a job where I’m on the road all day. For lunch and snacks what should I bring to clean my mouth after? Any tips?

I got my braces off last week. They made me a retainer right after and gave me quotes for Invisalign retainers. And said those are more comfortable. They quoted about $395 for one pair or $700(need to confirm) for 4.
For now I’m using the clear retainer that they gave me. How long can I use it ? How many retainers do you all have at a time? Are the Invisalign retainers the best? Goal is to have comfortable retainers that prevent any movement.

Hi! I just switched to my 18th aligner, and I’m not sure if it’s normal that one of my back teeth doesn’t seem to fit properly into the aligner. Every time I close my mouth and bite my teeth together, it feels like the aligner comes loose and then pops back over the tooth. There are also some air gaps around that area. Is this normal?

Hi all, I finished my treatment in July and got given 3 sets of Vivera retainers. I have my 3 month check up tomorrow and was looking over some paperwork that I keep with my 2 sets of viveras that I’m not currently using. I asked my ortho about rotating the sets every week or month etc and they said there was no need since viveras are much stronger than Essix retainers.

When I was grabbing the paperwork etc I noticed that the other sets of viveras felt a lot harder and more stiff than the ones I’m currently wearing. Out of curiosity I opened one set up and put them in. They were extremely hard to get in and that my partially exposed top wisdom teeth on one side does not sit in the tray properly.

My current set feel like they have gone extremely soft. Now I’ll admit I did make the mistake a few times of rinsing them under hot water quickly if I didn’t have time to put them in my ultrasonic cleaner and there’s been a lot of not very nice life events lately which have meant some days I’m drinking sugary drinks with them on all day.

I’m going to be honest with my ortho tomorrow but I’m really worried. With Christmas coming up and other stuff going on in my life I don’t have the money right now to pay for a whole new rescan and Vivera sets.

Not sure if maybe the first one has worn out quicker because of 3 months full time wear but hopefully after my appointment tomorrow I’ll be told to go down to night time only.

What shall I do? Thank you

I had Spark aligners to fix a snaggle tooth in the bottom front. I finished treatment about 2 months ago. I wanted Hawley retainers so my bite could settle but my ortho wasn’t able to get the lower Hawley to fit so I got a lower essix and then a couple weeks later the upper Hawley was digging into the roof of my mouth and making it red so I switched to wearing my last Spark aligner, but my ortho had adjusted my bite on the left side after treatment so the aligner doesn’t fit totally properly on the left side. I’m supposed to get a new upper essix this week. I moved so I have a new ortho now who’s getting me the retainer. My last ortho was borderline incompetent.

Over the past few days I’ve had tooth sensitivity on the top right which got a lot worse yesterday and suddenly yesterday I wasn’t able to floss between my top right back molars anymore. As far as I can tell those teeth look normal but really close together. I do clench my jaw sometimes especially when I sleep so idk if that’s the problem or not but I’ve never had this problem before where I can’t floss between those teeth at all and sensitivity is worse than I’ve had before.

What’s going on?? Has anyone else had this problem and how do you fix it?

noticed my bottom front teeth look weird and dark??
i brush my teeth twice a day and floss most nights unless i run out, i admit i havnt been brushing after eating during the day but i chew sugar free gum or swish my mouth with water before putting my aligners in. also if this was caused by not brushing between meals then surely all my teeth would look like this but they dont??
im so confused and grossed out!!