In middle school I had braces to fix spacing and an overbite. When I got them off (about 10 years ago) I got two dental implants (the teeth next to my front teeth). I had a retainer for the bottom (which I stopped wearing after about a year) but nothing for the top because I was told the implants would act as one. Needless to say my bottom teeth are even more spaced out now than they were pre-braces, my overbite is back, and now a few spaces are forming on the top as well!
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The front teeth are crooked because the back teeth moved - the retainer can't fix that much of a problem. Go back and ask if you can fix the details with InvisAlign.
GREAT question! I wish more patients paid attention to facial aesthetics before considering orthodontic treatment. As you described, moving teeth can make changes in facial aesthetics. Simply moving teeth (orthodontics) will have little effect on bony changes to the face. Moving teeth can...
Orthodontists are specialists is moving the teeth-whether or not bite correction is involved. It looks like you are a great candidate for orthodontics. You might even be eligible for clear aligners instead of braces.
