Objective view please
I’ve reached what may be the end of my Invisalign journey and I’d really appreciate some honest opinions.
The first two photos are before treatment, and the last two are where I am now.
For context, before treatment I genuinely hated my teeth and would often avoid smiling in photos. That’s a big part of why I started this process in the first place.
I started Invisalign in October 2024 and have been through a fairly large number of initial aligners, followed by two rounds of refinements. I’ve also had IPR done twice along the way. It’s been a long process and a significant investment of time and effort.
My orthodontist has an excellent reputation and one of the reasons I chose him was because I genuinely liked the results he achieved for previous patients. Throughout treatment he’s been very thorough. In fact, he told me that this most recent round of refinements was really focused on very small details that most people would never notice, but he was happy to continue because I wasn’t fully satisfied yet.
I’ve now finished this latest round of refinements and I’m due to see him this week. My expectation is that he’ll probably consider the case complete, although he’s always been willing to listen to my concerns and discuss options.
One thing he’s said previously is that the shape, size and proportions of my teeth may be skewing my perception a bit, and that from an alignment perspective he feels they’re where they should be. I should also mention that I haven’t yet had the planned contouring and whitening, which will obviously change the overall appearance quite a bit.
So I’d love some outside opinions:
If these were your results, would you consider treatment finished?
Do you see anything that genuinely looks misaligned?
Have any of you reached a point where you struggled to tell whether you were spotting real issues or just chasing perfection?
Part of my concern is that after years of disliking my teeth and focusing on every flaw, I’ve become hyper-focused on every tiny detail. I’ve come a very long way from where I started, and objectively I know the improvement has been huge.
What I’m struggling to work out is whether there are still meaningful improvements to be made, or whether I’ve simply reached the point of diminishing returns and am chasing a version of perfection that doesn’t really exist. I also wonder whether, after nearly two years of treatment, I’ve developed a bit of “teeth dysmorphia” and can no longer assess the result objectively.
If these were your teeth and your orthodontist told you this was the finished result, would you be happy to call it done, or would you push for further refinements?