Has Anyone Actually Switched Invisalign Trays Early?

The body has to go thru a cycle of healing and repair. If these times dont happen cell death and tissue damage can occur. Dr. will set the timing for you and tight and losose times are normal and need to occur

Following your dentist's recommendation would be the best move.
For many years, Invisalign recommended changing trays every two weeks. However, research showed that weekly changes is successful in many situations, and Invisalign (in recent years) changed their recommendations to allow weekly tray progression.
I typically prefer weekly tray changes for 3 reasons: 
(1) I design tooth movement for weekly tray changes. Orthodontists work directly with Invisalign to determine the exact tooth movements in every tray. I prefer weekly tray changes, so I make sure the amount of tooth movement set to be accomplished by each tray can actually be accomplished in one week.
(2) Patients like a new fresh set of trays each week. Even with perfect cleaning protocols, trays after one week of wear are not as pristine as when they are taken out of the packaging. A new set of trays is refreshing.
(3) Changing the trays weekly allows for easier planning for patients. Changing your trays every Thursday night is easier to remember than changing your trays every other Thursday night.
My main goal is for orthodontics is to be easy, predictable and successful!

Thank you for your great question.We used to recommend to switch aligners after 2 weeks. Based on the research, recently recommendation was changed on some cases to 1 week wear. Only your treating doctor can determine if your case is appropriate for a shorter wear. There are other techniques available on the market, which can expedite treatment time. AcceleDent or Propel, for example. 

You may change your aligners on a more
frequent basis if your doctor recommends that you do so. Switching too early
can cause the aligners to not track on the teeth and may increase the treatment
time significantly.

I actually have a number of patients in treatment who switch their aligners every 10 days.  Those patients are usually wearing orthodontic elastics in conjunction with Invisalign to correct a bite problem.  They are also strongly advised NOT to move on to the next aligner if the previous one does not fit like a glove.

To all of our Invisalign patients, we make sure is clear to then that if they change aligners sooner than the two weeks your next aligners will start not fitting. The first week in the tray the teeth move, then the second week the bone surrounding the teeth start remodeling around the teeth than have been moved. The two weeks has it purpose, and you can run into Mid course correction, if teeth are not tracking well, which it will cost you around $350 and more. If you want to finish up your Invisalign, stick with the plan

I have indeed have patients try and speed up the invisalign treatment and guess what happens, at some point in the middle of the process the trays start not fitting properly and we need to do what is called a mid course correction.  I do not recommend switching trays before the two week interval to ensure optimal results.

 

 

YES...it is perfectly safe for some people to switch aligners more frequently than ever two weeks....BUT we don't really know who they are or when they can do this. Mostt of the time switching too soon ends up with major problems!  So, to be safe, just don't do it!  The time you may save will not be close to the time and trouble and cost you probably will run into by trying to go too fast