Ermmmm these gaps were not there before they were obviously drilled to create space for teeth to move. I only have ten trays left and wtf… are these going to shift back? I feel that there’s been no progress what so ever. Even tho each tray fits each week.. some reassurance please? Cry.
I am set to get scanned for retainers on Thursday! Bite feels great but I’m feeling nervous about closing my case eek. Would you be happy with these results. I think I am but I’m not positive.
I'm on my 12th of my first 20 trays and I can't believe how much of a difference they've made in just a couple months. I'm thoroughly sick of my trays but it's already feeling worth it. I'm most excited for when they close the gaps in my front bottom teeth 😅
5 months and 12 trays later, plus a little help from some porcelain crowns on those peg laterals. I am so thrilled with my new smile
Hi guys, still new to this , i need the opinion of the experts. I Just moved to tray number two, i feel like my top two teeth are not tracking or am i just overthinking?
I know they need to wiggle to move but I don’t see many ppl talking about how terrifying it is to be able to wiggle your front (crowded) teeth. This is why my trays are only off for maybe 1.5 - 2 hours max per day.
Anybody else super stressed about being able to move your front teeth?? I’m only
About 40 days in.
Finished my Invisalign treatment. How many hours a day do you guys wear your retainers? and for how many months do you have to wear your retainers for?
I started Invisalign in Sept of last year. I had an edge to edge bite and then they did some minor straightening tweaks. I had damage on my two front teeth because of how they hit which finally made me pull the trigger on Invisalign. At first I felt like the progress was good. I had 28 trays. Then I had a set of refinements as expected which is only about 17 or 18. Im supposed to be done in 8 trays and my two front teeth feel like they are hitting worse than ever. I find it really hard to believe that this issue can be resolved this quickly!
I just was in last week and they kept reassuring me that everything looked great and I might not even need another set of refinements. If I feel like it is not corrected enough is there any downside on insisting more refinements? I did this to prevent damage to my front teeth and now I feel like they are getting chipped even more than before every time I eat.
Hello everyone, as someone who has probably watched every tiktok/youtube about clear aligners in existence and read through a million reddit posts about what invisalign attachments look like, I thought I'd pay it forward and let you know the answer to the biggest question I had.
Attachments are really quite invisible when your aligners aren't on. They also do not feel that weird.
I had a wisdom tooth removed the same day I got my attachments on, which meant I couldn't put my aligners in until the wound healed. I kid you not, me and my fiance literally forgot they were there. They look like nothing. I had seriously been DREADING what they would look like and almost didn't do the treatment because of that fear. It's pretty funny to look back on how dramatic I was. The only way they're visible (without aligners on) is if you look in a certain light and get reeeeallyyyy close to the person. Even then, they're honestly pretty not noticeable. Especially if the color matches your tooth well.
When the aligners are in, yes, they're more noticeable. However, I had my fiance test how close I have to be for them to be visible (with aligners in) by slowly walking toward him. He said only from a face-to-face distance, and that was while I was smiling big during my walk toward him (lol).
I will add a caveat though -- I don't have attachments on my top two front teeth or my bottom front five. I'm also using Spark Aligners vs. Invisalign specifically. And I also know everyone's situation is different. Still, I just thought I'd add my two cents to the story and maybe give someone out there the hope I wish I had when researching!
Flagged as NSFW because the photos are pretty unflattering. Sorry, I couldn’t get a better one.
I completed an initial set of 20 trays and I’m now on a 20-tray refinement phase. At my last check-up, while I was wearing refinement tray 17, the orthodontist suddenly said, “Do you know we’re removing the attachments today?” I was surprised because no one had told me that beforehand.
He gave me refinement tray 18 and instructed me to wear it for 48 hours continuously, then switch to nighttime wear only. Since then, every evening the tray initially feels like it doesn’t fit properly. After using a chewie for a few minutes, it seats much better, except around the canines, where there’s still a somewhat noticeable gap at the top.
He also mentioned that trays 19 and 20 would basically serve as a maintenance phase. I didn’t say anything at the appointment, but once I got home and looked closely in the mirror, I became really frustrated. I’m paying €4,000 for this treatment, and I don’t feel comfortable finishing with my lower front teeth still misaligned, especially the left canine.
I'm crazy?
Treatment is estimated to be 12-18 months.
I'm currently on tray 14 with weekly changes.
I recently started my Invisalign journey.
I've always had a nice smile, but with age, my teeth began to shift, and I developed a slight open bite due to tongue thrust. These issues began to affect how I closed my mouth and how I pronounce and enunciate words.
The toughest part was during the first few weeks, as I adjusted to the trays in my mouth. Currently, my biggest frustration is spit bubbles in the trays lol
Although it's not always available, check your dental insurance to see if you have any orthodontic coverage as an adult. I was fortunate enough to have $2,500 applied to my balance.
I'm open to answering any questions that I can.
The top is today, and bottom is when i first started in May.... My bottom canine looks almost worse. And they are discoloring! What is happening! I have a check in with my ortho to do ipr on July 28.
Sooo I was really dumb and between life and another stuff going on I havent been wearing my retainers right. I know I know it's bad but I'm trying to be better now. Is it a problem to wear them if they dont fit 100% though? Right now they fit just slightly elevated and dont fully seat. I can still get them on though, there's just like a little gap where they dont 100% seat on the bottom
Hi! My ortho told me to list down everything I still want to “fix” with refinements.
I feel I am still far from being done :/
- 1st I started with a perfect bite and now it’s ruined, so I want to fix that
- I developed black triangles on upper teeth
- My 3rd lower teeth are not straight enough
- I want to make the tops of the teeth even
Do you see anything else I can mention?
Thank you!!!
I am on tray 18 of 37 (IPR between two front teeth at 12 weeks) and have had great progress! However - I noticed this week that my right front tooth seems to have been pulled down longer than the left. Photo 1 is from May, photo 2 is from today (July).
I’m not super concerned and erring on the side of “trust the process” — but just wanted to see whether this was something worth bringing up to my ortho/if anyone’s been through something similar?
Thanks so much!
The first photo is from 5 weeks ago, prior to attachments, IPR on the bottom 4 teeth and tray 1. The second photo is from this morning. I start tray 6 tomorrow night (7 day changes). Amazed at the quick progress!
I have changed my retainer today and I’m nothing there is a little gap between the bottom of my teeth and the retainer and same on top (second photo) there is a chip on my tooth so I don’t know whether it’s increased by that but does it look like they are starting to not track?
For me it was at the one year point. Would’ve actually just said I don’t want to finish the treatment if I hadn’t paid all that money
i’m one tray away from my retainer scan! i look at my own teeth so much i feel like im blinded to see what’s wrong/good. is there anything you would change or is another round of refinements not worth it? 47 trays, 7 refinements- weekly changes! started in april of last year.
I don’t understand it, I’m on round 3 of trays and somehow they always get glue all over the front of my teeth that they have to polish after and somehow also get glue on the back of the teeth too.
It’s really annoying because they tell me they can’t see it, but I tell them I feel it and where. Then they try to remove it.
I’ve still got some extra glue on my teeth that I keep finding months later, that I have to tell them to polish at the next appointment.
It feels pretty unprofessional.
I’m leaning on inexperienced assistants, but what’re your experiences?