Hi everyone! I used to scroll through this subreddit for motivation when I first started, and I'm excited to finally share my before and after.

After 6 months and 15 trays (plus plaque cleaning), I am finally finished!

My teeth were a little bit crowded, misaligned, and had severe staining. Seeing them straight, healthy, and bright now honestly feels good.

For anyone who is wondering if it's really worth it: TRUST THE PROCESS!

After posting several anxious question posts last week, I'd like to say something positive.

Yesterday was the last day of Tray 1, and it felt so soft and loose. It wasn't moving around or anything, but I was feeling almost no pressure on my teeth anymore. When I changed to tray 2 this morning, I feel surprisingly satisfied with how snuggling it is. I also had issues with how my inner lips were irritated by the attachments or the sharp ends of the tray, and I was worried that the new tray would bring those issues back, but I don't feel it so far.

By the way, any specific things I might want to check when I change a tray? To see if it fits well, to see if I'm on track, etc?

Im on tray 32 out of 34 - I’m not sure if I’m satisfied… of course I will need cleaning and I’m also thinking about whitening but I feel like my teeth aren’t straight enough… should I enquire about refinements? I’m a bit of an anxious and shy person and speaking up or showing dissatisfaction isn’t easy for me so I’m worried I won’t be able to tell my orthodontist that I feel like my teeth aren’t straight enough…

I have quite the weird reaction to ending Invisalign! First picture is from April 2025, when I first started. I am congenitally missing my lateral incisors. So, my canines were originally where they were supposed to be. We moved them back, got my last 4 attachments off yesterday and I am now on my journey to implants🎉

Bone graft surgery is scheduled for December, then implants whenever those fully heal. I’m still in this teeth journey another year my periodontist said. But I finally feel like I’ve ticked off a box in the process.

Invisalign has been pretty straightforward for me, everything went pretty smooth and I’m very happy with the progress and how much straighter my front teeth especially look!

If anyone has any tips or experiences with implants I’d love to hear them!

Hey everyone just hit my first 24 hrs with Invisalign. I feel like I’m constantly thinking about them in my mouth and how they feel, which makes sense it’s completely new . But at what point, if ever, will that feeling going away or does it always feel like you have something attached to your teeth all day? Thanks!

I just popped in my last tray, 14/14, tonight!! I’m a little concerned about the spaces between my teeth and the trays.

I’m also wondering if the tooth next to my top left front tooth will rotate a little more so it faces forward. Has anyone had a similar experience with their last tray and ended up needing refinements?

Invisalign

4200$

47 step weekly change

Damon Braces + fixed bite plate

2400$

One year treatment

Both can fix:

Deep bite

V-shaped dental arch

Crowded teeth

Crooked teeth

I’m almost done with my second set of refinements. Would you keep going? I feel like my canines and my laterals are not where I want them.. or am I being too picky? TIA!

Planning to get a Invisalign in London but don’t have anyone around me who I can ask for a recommendation. How did you find your provider? Was there anything at the consultation that helped you decide?

There was nothing wrong with my top teeth, but bottom teeth were getting crowded and my dentist said a couple of my teeth were starting to align and may start hitting and breaking if I didn't address it.

I'm basically done with treatment & refinements, but now I actually do have teeth hitting when I chew, which the ortho is pretty dismissive about, and looking at pictures, I miss the way my smile looked before. My bottom teeth are technically straight but they are uneven heights and the middle teeth stick up too much, and now my front teeth have been moved up and look shorter.

I know both versions look fine, but I really liked the way my smile looked before and specifically said I didn't want to change it. I'm not sure what to do now.

Just got top and bottom permanent retainers put in. Seemed like a rush job and I immediately felt like theres too much bonding. No sharp edges but having this much bonding doesnt seem normal. Asking in the morning to get them filed down but was hoping for other perspectives.

52 initial trays, 17 refinements, deep bite and extreme crowding and today I am done! (Besides full time retainer wear) I had NO IDEA how beautiful they were under the retainers. It was all so worth it you guys 😭 first picture is today everything else is a before.

TLDR:: general dentist extracted tooth 26 but was supposed to extract 25. Aligners have both 25 & 26 in them but 26 has an attachment. I’m on tray 2 & looking ahead to tray 6 it looks like tooth 26 is being brought forward as if it’s still there & tooth 25 is disappearing like it’s not there. Tried to explain to orthodontist but he said trays look good. Is he right or should I be concerned?

Hey everyone, I’m totally new to Invisalign & looking for input from anyone who understands how the trays are manufactured & mapped or may have experienced something similar.

I have substantial crowding of my lower front teeth with tooth 26 most noticeably misaligned & sitting back behind the others. My scan showed that treatment could be done without an extraction & it could bring 26 forward & make room for it but my ortho strongly felt an extraction was needed. 26 was the obvious choice but we ultimately decided on 25 because of some gum loss & sensitivity & felt it would be better to get rid of a tooth that was likely going to be a problem anyway. So I was referred out, had the extraction done & when I got home & took the gauze out I saw the dentist extracted 26. But again I was referred for 25.

Fast forward to when I got my trays, all of the teeth are on the tray which the ortho said was for cosmetic reasons even though I was a little disappointed because I preferred the small gap from the extraction vs a sometimes noticeable crooked tooth I’ve been trying to hide since it came in.

Anyway, two assistants worked on me that day & as did the orthodontist who showed me how the teeth were going to shift & the final tray (through the plastic baggy) showing me how even though I’d only have the 3 front teeth it wouldn’t be noticeable & he sent me home with my first 6 trays with instructions to schedule the next appointment on my last tray which will be in December.

I am now on my second tray & I just do not feel like this is right. It’s not sitting like my top. It sounds like I have something in my mouth when I talk. It’s fraying & digging into my gums & tongue. I can see spit bubbles around the top of the aligners on my front teeth but they aren’t going down to the gum line or even close on one of them. It’s like the extracted tooth is completely messing up how it’s sitting. Plus while it was painful for my tongue & gums, it has not hurt my bottom teeth at all. While my top teeth were pretty painful the first 2 days.

When making the aligners does the orthodontist have to specify if a tooth is going to be extracted & if so, provide the CORRECT one? I just feel like the teeth would have to shift differently to close a gap vs pull a tooth forward?

I did call the orthodontist & he brought me in immediately the next morning when the office was closed. Which is another issue—they are only in the office in my town 1 day a week & I am having surgery in 2 weeks & don’t know how long the recovery will be so that gives me 2 Mondays to get this resolved if needed. He looked in my mouth & told me they were seated beautifully & explained how to file the sharp edges. & on Monday when I took my son to his appointment he asked me how they were feeling & told me to bring them in if they still didn’t fit right. But I just don’t know what fit right means? Or is supposed to feel like? And I clench my teeth horribly so I honestly believe I could make anything “sit beautifully” on my back teeth which is what he was looking at.

Since then I just pulled out all the aligners & compared the shift that is going to happen & a) tooth 26 which is not in my mouth has an attachment on it & b) from what I can tell it looks like the track is to bring 26 forward, it almost looks like it’s turning 25 sideways & then it just disappears so I’m assuming that’s because the aligner thinks 25 is extracted so is viewing it as a gap?

Am I misunderstanding how this works? The orthodontist is so sweet. & he has 40 years of experience & knows his stuff. But he’s old & is forgetful & does misunderstand things sometimes. I’m not questioning that he knows how to do his job, but I’m questioning if he is going by memory on something that he’s not remembering correctly? We did discuss the wrong tooth being pulled & he said he knew & normally he’d be upset but since he just needed any tooth to come out, it didn’t matter. But does it? I really don’t want to question him AGAIN, if I’m just misunderstanding how orthodontia in general works. But I’m extra concerned because tooth 25 isn’t as stable as the rest of my teeth & I don’t want it being treated as if it’s not there.

Any guidance, suggestions, reality checks, explanations, what is/isn’t normal would be really appreciated.

I’m supposed to have my attachments removed tomorrow. I’ve had 18 aligners and spent £3200, and i still hate my smile. It looks goofy and awkward - but is the problem really my teeth? I’m now thinking maybe I need lip filler or something else to correct it.

To me, my front teeth clearly still stick out, they are clearly not all straight, and the difference from what I had before is really not worth the money I paid. I still have a “bunny smile” and not the straight teeth I thought I’d have.

I need help with getting my tray off my attachments/teeth without it hurting so bad or being so difficult. Does anyone know how to do it properly or have any hacks on making it easier???

Even molars. Is this normal? About to finish my first round.

Finished my treatment 8 months ago and my bottom teeth always shift within 5 minutes of removing my aligners when I take them off to eat. I asked for a fixed retainer multiple times but the doc is not into fixed aligners. Could this be an alignment issue? I’ll add a photo of my teeth below

I am about to have an apicoectomy surgery and then Invisalign and am looking for reassurance. Has anyone been through this before? I have a lot of crowns as well. I’m a complex case and now I’m stressing.

I found out that i changed my new sligner a week earlier than i was supposed to and i had it in for 36 hours now.

I was told to change the trays every week but the paper work says the first one should stay jn for 2 weeks . Should i switch back to the first weeks trays

I had my aligners set beside me while I was eating and I turned away for one minute and she had grabbed them. They aren’t wearable at all now. I’m on day 5 out of 7 in these trays, I would change them on Saturday given my scan is approved. I messaged my ortho on the app, but it’s not business hours currently so I won’t hear back until at least morning. Should I put in my next set? I’m worried if I put in my next set that my ortho will tell me something different tomorrow and I will mess something up.

Hi there

I’m on tray 14 (day 8 of 10). I had my scans for refinements done on day 7. My ortho said to wear for night time only while waiting for refinements, does wearing at night start today (day 8) or after day 10 (my scheduled change)?

Thank you!