Invisalign: Stories

6517anon, that's rough. I really hope I don't have problems like your going through. I'm just about to put the second trays in tonight and hope for the best. I do not think they made all my trays in advance because I only get one set when I go to put in and 1 extra set to take home to put in 2 weeks later and then I go back to the dentist. The liners don't bother me as much as they did on the 13th when I originally posted, but they feel looser now. Does this happen toward the end of your 2 weeks? I'm a little worried with some of the stories I have read on this site that the invisalign doesn't always work and I wonder if they will work for me.

Hi good luck with your treatment. I had 42 aligners for the top and was told it would take 12-18 months to complete (even though I know now it is impossible if you wear each aligner for 2 weeks). It is now about 17 months in and I am only about half way. One of my teeth wouldn't move down and I have now wasted months trying to get this one tooth to move.
At the moment Invisalign is defintely not invisible for me. I have brackets on my teeth (at the front), numerous buttons and rubber bands. The rubber bands are also so tight that I can barely open my mouth. Invisalign is not convenient at all for me. It also makes it hard to speak.
I hope you have better luck. The best thing you can do is to have your invisalign made in batches (about every 6 months). They made mine all at the beginning and since I had problems with only one tooth now the rest of the top don't fit but I still have to wear them even though it is very uncomfortable and sticks out awkwardly.
Hope it all works out for you though. If I knew it was going to be like this I wouldn't have had it done.