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What is the Cost of Vivera Retainers over the Course of a Lifetime?

I'm being told that I will have to wear a retainer forever after my Invisalign treatment. If I'm meant to use a new one every 3 months for the rest of my life, that seems like a real racket to me. My doctor has hinted that they can really last up to 6 months, but still I'm looking at a medical cost for the rest of my life.

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3 Doctor Answers | Asked by 7123anon in NH

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Vivera is a different cost for each city

They work great but each city will have a different fee just llike anthing else. Each retainer usuall lasts about 6 months with the last couple sets lasting a year or more because you arent wearing them as long as the first set.

Vivera - the Cadillac of retainers

Vivera is great because you have a lifelong plan for keeping the teeth in the spot where they are supposed to be. I have met many people who have lost their retainers and stopped using them because they broke. With Vivera part of the plan is to have new ones continually made and shipped to you. However, there is the cost you have to consider. Traditional retainers will be less expensive and should do the job, but you have to have a little more initiative to get back... more

Invisalign's retainer program

The Vivera retainer program is an Invisalign program (as opposed to something profitable for your dentist) costing around $400 per year. So...how many years are you going to live?? Jokes aside -- I, personally like the Vivera program, because every 3 months your teeth are in a new appliance that keeps them in the corrected finish position. There is a tendency for your teeth to shift a bit otherwise. Other options -- you may have traditional orthodontic retainers made. These may not keep you more

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Kim in Portland
13 days ago

I loved my vivera retainers, after invisalign as an adult, after braces as a teenager. My dentist for the first two sets (4 per set, one retainer auto ships to you every 3 months) charged a very nominal fee of $175, which I was able to stretch out as I wear these only at night. Now though on set #3 he wants over $700! I have been told I will need to wear a retainer for the rest of my life and I am fine with that, but these vivera retainers stretch out and don't do their job after 4-6 months, and so need continual replacement. Beware of the potential cost increase. I am now seeking out the assistance of a real orthodontist, not a dentist who also does invisalign...

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