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My entire Invisalign journey
UPDATED FROM fightingthefear24
7 months post
Tomorrow is the day!!! I remove Invisalign tomorrow!
fightingthefear24July 7, 2014
WORTH IT$4,500
Assuming the dentist says all is well, the attachments etc come off tomorrow!!! Holy s***!!! I am so excited. WELL WORTH IT.
Attached are pics of my teeth tonight, the night before removing everything. I will update again tomorrow with pics of my teeth without anything =D
Attached are pics of my teeth tonight, the night before removing everything. I will update again tomorrow with pics of my teeth without anything =D
UPDATED FROM fightingthefear24
6 months post
TRAY 25 OF 25!!! THE LAST TRAYYYY!!!!!
fightingthefear24June 30, 2014
this is surreal! i'm actually on the final tray. they feel good, they look good. July 8 is my next dentist appointment which will remove the attachments and do whatever else they do!!! we discussed refinement trays to see if anything will be needed, so i'll keep you posted on that. but i SURE hope they are off fully on july 8! pics are attached of my teeth just prior to putting in the tray 25.
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UPDATED FROM fightingthefear24
6 months post
Tray 24!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SOOOO CLOSE
fightingthefear24June 24, 2014
AHHHHHHH. IT FEELS SO SURREAL!!!! I'M SOOOOO CLOSE TO THE END!
Tray 24 hurt like a b**** at first, but it's good now. I am also (I think) seeing that my midline between my teeth MAY actually be lining up?!?!?
Whats the post invisalign care like? Retainers I know, but how long do you have to wear them etc?
Tray 24 hurt like a b**** at first, but it's good now. I am also (I think) seeing that my midline between my teeth MAY actually be lining up?!?!?
Whats the post invisalign care like? Retainers I know, but how long do you have to wear them etc?
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June 25, 2014
Generally, retainers are full-time, just like Invisalign, for six months. After that, you go to part-time wear--usually just for sleeping but for some it's more. I know, not exactly what one wants to hear. I don't know if AcceleDent makes any different in all that. Some are more lax, but some have less robust results as well.
June 25, 2014
A year later I'm still wearing my retainers about 8-10 hours...at night. They feel snug when I put them in, so I'm afraid to NOT wear them. But I tend to grind my teeth at times, so I don't mind having them in.
June 30, 2014
I'm a couple of years out and I wear mine at least 8-10 hours/night :D. And they're still snug when I put them in as well. I expect it'll be like that forever!
June 30, 2014
I guess misery likes company LOL so I'm glad I'm not the only one. I'm picking up a new retainer from ortho tomorrow that I insisted on getting from Invisalign. The retainer the ortho gave me, well, let's just say I saw my teeth rotating and I didn't like it. Went back to wearing the last ligner and my teeth straightened back out in a few weeks. Ortho tried to tell me his retainer wouldn't do that, but I showed him it did. Then I was told it was because I wasn't wearing it enough...hello, I was wearing it at the time 12-15 hours a day!! I tried to tell him it felt way too loose, which of course he said was fine. So, new retainer matches last ligner from Invisalign, so hopefully I won't have a problem. We'll see in a couple months.
FTF24--I can't believe you are almost done!!! Your smile looks awesome!! Wow!! Good luck on the 8th. Now...just stay with it, wearing the retainers.
August 8, 2014
Could you clarify?
Do you mean retainers apart from Invisalign, or within the treatment?
Is this the retainer you were wearing AFTER going through Invisalign, or just to help with mild conditions?
I have pretty bad occlusion but am still hoping I could just set this right with a night retainer.
August 8, 2014
In our cases, we are referring to the post-treatment retainers :). So after we go through the entire treatment, then we get at least one set of retainers. These retainers most doctors recommend be worn just like the aligners, full-time, for 6 months. After that, they are only worn at night, or every other day, or on some other schedule, depending on your situation and the doctor.
When you say you have a bad occlusion, I cannot really imagine it. I tried to go to your review but you don't have one. Maybe you should start one :D. But generally retainers are only used to correct extremely mild crookedness and the like.
When you say you have a bad occlusion, I cannot really imagine it. I tried to go to your review but you don't have one. Maybe you should start one :D. But generally retainers are only used to correct extremely mild crookedness and the like.
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