“More Problems Now That Before the Procedure”

I had traditional braces in my 20's, but was unhappy with the results so I tried Invisalign in my 40's. I was told the procedure would take 6 months followed by a retainer to be worn at night. The procedure was so problematic that it took 2 years and I am still using the retainer in my 50's. My problems could not be corrected successfully, so now I cannot close by mouth correctly. During the daytime when I am not wearing the retainer, my teeth are slowly forced into a crooked position which allows me to close my bite after about 5 hours. Every evening the retainer straightens up the teeth again and the following day, I go through hours of being unable to close my mouth properly until the pressure of trying to close my bite forces the teeth into a crooked position again.

The doctor was very nice and compassionate, but I now have jaw pain like I never had before and my teeth will never retain a straight configuration because if they did, my bite would not close. Basically, I am straightening my teeth over and over again on a daily basis, so I guess you could say that I am not really using the retainer for its intended purpose.

Save yourself the aggravation and go through traditional braces or nothing at all. Invisalign does not work!