r/Invisalign

I'm on tray 53 of 58. It's been three years, with one refinement after tray 36. Five to go.

Without some kind of system I would have lost track long ago: which day to switch, or even which tray I'm on right now. Even my orthodontist asks me.

So I wrote myself an app to keep track of it all. The most useful part turned out to be the Apple Watch one. It's just there on my wrist.

How do you keep track of yours?

My teeth no longer dig into my bottom lip (my overjet made my teeth and lip touch whenever I was biting down), flossing is easier, and my mouth muscles no longer move in a weird way to compensate for the arrangement of my teeth - I had an issue where I spoke more with the right side of my mouth because my lips had to find the path of least resistance. It’s mostly gone now.

My teeth got messed up from drinking from a bottle till age 10 (I was a weird kid) so it’s nice to finally undo the damage at age 32. Just waiting on my retainers now which I’m supposed to wear full-time for 3 months. Was really compliant and never had any issues with losing/damaging aligners, wear time, or hygiene. No refinements needed.

my dentist has said that I can get Invisalign. my gums looks fine and the infection has cleared up. I have had bone loss due to it but nothing can be done about that. i stopped smiling in my photos and being back at work after my leave has been really hard.

I am always conscious and just cannot get my confidence back up. I have been reading endlessly on reddit on Invisalign. Hopefully someone can assure me that it will help.

Hi everyone. I’m on day nine of my first set of aligners (changing every 10 days). I’ve been wearing my aligners for right about 21 hours a day. Is this gaps between the aligners and my teeth abnormal? Thanks in advance for sharing any advice.

Forgot to update my results. Started aligners around June last yr and 6 months later, treatment was done.

My top aligners (tray 4) have halos in the front 4 teeth. When I use a chewy, the aligner fits over my front teeth, but then disconnects from my back teeth/molars. Maybe I’m developing a posterior open bite? The front and the back can’t fit at the same time. The canine teeth fit perfectly fine.

My dentist said this was fine/normal, but took pictures anyway in case a refinement is recommended by the lab.

My bottom teeth seem to have no issues.

So my aligners are almost fully flush near the bottom, but these teeth circled, i don’t know if u can see properly in the picture, but they have a noticable gap near the top, on the gum line, is this a reason for concern? I’ve been wearing them around 23 hours a day so i know that’s not an issue.

Hi all I have just finished my Invisalign treatment. I’m overall happy but I wanted to ask your advice on it and if I should get my front teeth slightly shaved to even them out ?
-Dr said it’d be a very tiny amount but I am not too sure about it. As you can see in the photos my 2 front teeth are not really even
-Dr also is asking me if I should be done or if I want to change anything else. I said I want to take a week wearing Invisalign 2 hours on 2 hours off to decide.
-Overall all feels good apart there is some spacing between some of my back teeth that I am maybe considering getting fixed? Dr said that’d need more trays. I wonder what you all would do?

First 2 pics are my teeth before and then my teeth now

This is before and tray 14. I have refinements coming to finish straightening the bottom teeth. But I’m so happy with the results. I wasn’t expecting my smile to get so wide. I didn’t think my slight overbite made that much of a difference. My profile is better. My bottom teeth were kind of square shaped and are round now. It’s amazing to me how night and day different this is since July.

My dentist recommends gum line contouring on my top 4 middle teeth after treatment is completed. I think I’m going to do it. I’m so excited about the idea of a less gummy smile and straight teeth!