28 Years Old, Had Braces and Relapsed - Saint Louis, MO

Had braces as a teenager, for 3 long years. The process was quite long and painful, but at the end I had an absolutely perfect smile. I faithfully wore my retainer for 7 years. Eventually I stopped, (didn't even know permanent retainers existed until a few months ago). Eventually my teeth started to move, slowly but surely, at first I was fine with it, but my gap got bigger and bigger to a point where I was no longer comfortable with it. I'm also getting married soon so I figured now is as good a time as any to get some orthodontic work done. Definitely did not want braces again (cuts inside lips, terrible pain, extremely obvious). And since I've had braces a lot of new orthodontic technologies have come out. I considered fast braces but they present the same problems as traditional braces but you get them off quicker. I wanted invisalign but their high price took them out of competition. Veneers were an option also but they too cost too much money. Clear correct ended up being my final decision. They are invisible, and are comparable in cost to the traditional braces, making them one of the most cost efficient options out there. So far I'm on my first tray, the ones that basically mimic your current teeth, it'll take about a month to get trays that actually move my teeth. Which is my first and only complaint. It takes the company clear correct about a month to do anything. From the molding to my first tray took about a month, from first tray to moving trays will take about a month. Just wish the process got started quicker, also apparently clear correct doesn't email my dentist to let them know when new trays are coming in so I can't proactively schedule dentist appointments and there's even more waiting. As far as the product, I'm going to miss chewing gum and eating sunflower seeds 12 hours a day but they truly are nearly invisible, everyone I tell I'm wearing them, had no idea. Also when they are in my mouth they actually look to improve my smile (see pictures). I'll continue to update this review as time goes on, but so far I'm happy with the product and price, let's see how well they move my teeth and bring back my perfect smile

I have to be honest, I am somewhat disappointed about the process up to this point. I got my teeth cast in January, Here we are nearly in May and My teeth have made little to no progress. As you can see in the photos, I now have the engagers on my teeth and am on my 3rd set of trays, just bout no movement has been made, my teeth look nearly identical to how they looked before I started this process (as you'll see in the photos). technically I'm about a third of the way through this process, I expected a third of the movement to be finished. My gap still remains, my overbite still remains, and I honestly don't have that much movement to do, I'm starting to grow suspicious that my dentist and clear correct are just leading me on and drawing this process out to make sure they collect all their money. My biggest fear is that clear correct won't move my teeth, i'll get an apology and an excuse and that will be $3,500 down the drain. I'll keep this updated with my next set of trays. I'll be on tray 5 by then and nearly half way through the process and it'll be May 30th by then, almost 6 months after my first visit. Let's see if we have any progress and if I'll be recommending this product to people in the future

So, I'm officially at the halfway point. Set 8 of 16, there has definitely been some progress, but I'm not sure if the job looks 50% done yet. So what has changed? My molars have done quite a bit of moving, which surprised me. They actually all fit into one another, which is the first time that has happened, since...I can't remember. Also, my gap is smaller, not as small as I'd like it to be, but definitely smaller. As you can see in the frontal pictures, one of my lower teeth, next to the canine, protrudes forward, it has moved backwards a little from my original pics, but is still not close to being fixed. I also took some profile pics, so everyone can see how my overbite is still very pronounced. In the last 2 trays honestly is when I've seen the most movement, they have also been the tightest thus far (especially that 2C tray, step 7 of 16, ouch). Other reviewers on this site have complained that clear correct leaves little gaps between some teeth that never close, I think I see one developing, shown in one of my profile pics. My dentist keeps urging patience, and I am trying to exercise patience but...this second half of the treatments better do a lot more moving than the first half or we're going to have some major issues. Update summary: still nervous/not sure