Started my treatment in December 2025 with 26 initial trays. On my 25th tray at the moment.
It cost me ~1800 USD for 26 initially trays and 26 refinements.

Changed every 10 days in the beginning but decreased it to 9 days because teeth were tracking well.

In the first few days, more than the pain, the feeling of foreign object in my mouth pushing my teeth was so uncomfortable that felt like ripping it off but pushed through.
There was pain while eating and trying to bite down something for first 5 trays.

Religiously flossed and brushed after eating.
Wearing aligners has definitely improve my oral hygiene.

There is still noticeable gap between lower canine and pre molar when I take off the aligners so most probably will get refinements. But so happy with the progress so far.

My only regret is why didn't I do it earlier.
I was suggested by my dentist 10 years ago but I thought at that time that it was too late for me. And look at me 10 years later.

I am done after only 6 months with 7 day tray changes. I got my attachments removed today and will be picking up my retainers in a few hours! I am so excited to be free.
Here is my before & after.

So so happy with the result! Initially I was reluctant to start because I am a uni student and so didn’t want my social life to stop because of invisalign, but has been absolutely fine! For anyone wondering I still went out and drank alcohol with my retainers in and just stuck to vodka lemonade through a straw (and the sneaky shot here and there) with absolutely no issues. Honestly nobody noticed I even had them in! Told my friend I was finishing invisalign this week and she said she had forgot I was doing them! The only slight annoyance is going out to eat with them in but honestly not a big deal, just nip to the loo before and after eating and people don’t really notice :)) Best decision I’ve made because I love my smile now! I feel so pretty 😆

Just sharing my progress and wanted to know any thoughts? Initially got it to just close my gap but ended up being a process of correcting minor things which I was happy to wait out for.

I decided to go against metal bonded wire and night retainer since my ortho said a lot of people complain about comfort as well as come in for repairs (£50) and (£250 replace) so I'm doing day and night retainers which they told me would be a better quality and more rigid material than aligners (3 sets exactly the same)

Hello everybody,

I am finally done with my Invisalign treatment! As you can see, I had a bad open bite due to my class II malocclusion and I decided to treat it only with orthodontics, instead of going for a jaw surgery.

After two years of screws and elastics, I am very happy with the result. Maybe it's not textbook teeth perfection, but the bite is closed, teeth are straight and also my skeletal defect has veeery midly improved. Overall, my face looks much more balanced and I can finally, properly eat a hamburger!

To all the people still in treatment: hold on, it will be worth it!

How are the results?

After 1.5 years of treatment, I followed the Invisalign instructions religiously and never skipped wearing my aligners. I only removed them for around 20 minutes a day when needed, and I couldn’t be happier with the results. The discipline was totally worth it!

the free case i ordered on june 3rd finally came a day after i hit the halfway point of my plan.

(george isn’t sure if she approves, but she’s never sure about anything.)

Just wanted to share the progress because i'm proud of it ! I had a huge gap before as you can see (i was not opening my mouth)

Still have one week to go and i'm done with it !!! (Hope they don't tell me i still need some trays because i'm so tired of it 😂)

Hi all, long time lurker and first time poster. I started Invisalign in mid-April with a fairly mild case to close a front gap and very minor issues related to not wearing my retainer. My plan is 14 trays with Invisalign Lite.

I was on 2 week changes for my first 5 trays and then my ortho told me to switch to weekly for the rest. Trays 6-8 were fine — a smidge more tightness when I switched but nothing notable. I swapped in Tray 9 last night and holy hell… I have not experienced true pain this entire treatment until now. Is it normal for one tray to be more intense than the others? I am almost 24 hours in and the pain is slowly but surely subsiding, so assuming it is all normal, but I was not expecting it after 8 trays with very dull pain at worst.

Quick question: when you only wear your retainer at night, do your teeth look straight when you wake up, but become a little misaligned again by the time you go to bed?

I’m awaiting for my last set of trays, almost done. My ortho told me that in the meantime I’m waiting, I should wear only at nights. I’ve noticed that in the mornings they are aligned and then by the time I go to sleep they have moved. It really bothers me and I wonder if this is something I will have to deal with forever.

Also, should my occlusion be perfect by the end of the treatment? I feel like the cusps are hitting each other.

Leaving my before and after for you as well :)

Week 1 is the top pic and today - the start of week 7 - is the bottom pic. I can actually see a difference now! Cannot wait to see how things keep progressing!

I still have a long way to go (originally quoted 1.5-2 years) but top pictures are from last July when I first got my trays, then bottom pictures are from now on tray 48. My open bite is due to a skeletal issue and I was told jaw surgery was the only way to fix it 100%, but that aligners could possibly get me most of the way there. I opted to go the aligner route and I think it’s amazing results so far!

Wondering if anyone else has experienced this.

I'm getting ahead of myself, but I'm on tray 5/12 and set to finish a week before I'm out of country for 2 weeks. I just got switched from 2 weeks to 1 week, so finishing ahead of schedule. At the end of the treatment, I'm having teeth reshaped, so tray 12 won't fit anymore. What do I wear while I wait for retainers? Has anyones provider made something temporary to wear until retainers like a moldable nightguard?

I'm definitely gonna ask about this at my next appointment. Unfortunately my Dr was stuck in an airport out of town due to weather, so I only saw the tech for my recent recheck.

I started invisalign 3 years ago with a dentist who closed an open bite but by doing that she created other problems. After 1 year I transferred to an ortho, which I thought would be a sure fire way to get everything fixed. But somehow I managed to pick one of the few bad orthos, which actually was my fear when I was doing consults. and now 2 years later my bite is still bad. how can this be?? how is it even possible that an ortho can't figure out how to fix my teeth?! So now the invisalign plan I had has expired, so I thought that meant I'd be free to start with a new ortho but it's still somehow considered a transfer *sigh*. and now I get to pay ANOTHER $4000-43000 on top of the 4500 i gave the dentist AND the 4500 I gave the ortho. I just can't take any more of this. Wondering if anyone else has had anything even close to this kind of nightmare

I finished my Invisalign a couple of months ago and have been wearing my retainers. But every time I take them out the gap in my front teeth comes back. should I just get composite bonding?

I actually just finished my treatment, October ‘25 to May ‘26. I had braces when I was younger and I felt that my teeth shifted a bit so I went with the aligners. They honestly didn’t change much, didn’t address my main issue, which is my front two teeth sticking out too much.

Do I have an overjet, and should I bring this up to the ortho when I go back for a follow up? Thanks!

I just finished 40 trays and my orthodontist told me to come back in 6 weeks. I got 3 passive trays to switch every 14 days. However as I understood when I go back to him at week 6 he will do a scan or decide that we are finished. Does it make sense that my last passive trays will be my retainer until the real permanent retainer comes or the next round of trays comes? I know it takes 30 days for the trays or retainer to arrive. Does it make sense that I will just continue to wear the old passive trays after the check and wear them for extra 30 days? Thanks

I thought an old cavity filling fell out but when I went to my dentist she said it was “a small chip” in my molar, likely due to Invisalign pressure (I was wearing bands and just started bite ramps so extra pressure). She told me that she would rather wait until the end of treatment to fix it (I’m supposed be done in September) and to just put some Sensodyne on it for now to deal with the pain/sensitivity. I was really worried because it looked like a literal hole in my molar but she said it’s not that deep and the X-rays show it’s not near the root and that there’s a lot of enamel between the chip and the root.

I’m still kinda worried because I’m going out of the country for a month and not sure what to expect. She seems confident that it’s minor and won’t get worse and then we can fill it in September, but I’ve read some horror stories online. Wondering if anybody has had this happen and what you recommend? Should i push to treat it already or just wait it out?

Here’s a picture of the chip if anyone is wondering lmao it looks literally terrifying to me

I've done a search and read some threads from people who have been in my agree range ) late 50s who have started Invisalign.

I'm getting my scans in August after thinking about it for 5 years. I wish I'd started sooner. I'm in my late 50s and menopausal /post-m woman

My question is, does age and gender only effect the speed at which the teeth move or does it effect anything else?

In my research I read older people have less pliable bones so teeth are harder to move than they are in much younger people. I also had braces in my teens and the top are still fairly straight but the bottom are very wonky. Lots of overcrowded teeth on the bottom in the front.

I was quoted about 10 months for treatment.

The dentist said I have very mild gum problems recession too.

Does age / gender effect anything else other than how fast or easily teeth move? Does it impact the pain levels? I got braces in the early 80s and all I can recall is severe pain!

Any wisdom would be greatfully appreciated. Thank you.

I’m set to get attachments next week, and I’m wondering if they leave marks on your teeth after you remove them?

it seems like many people compelte the treatment without any marks on their teeth. so I’m hoping that’s almost always the case. but I’m not sure if botched attachments removal happen more often than not.

the orthodontist said my plan will absolutely work without the attachments too but I asked to put them on. im getting them on my front teeth so if they leave marks it will be visible.

TIA!!

I went in to add attachments for Invisalign and when I tried brushing and flossing I noticed the floss wouldn’t go through two teeth. When I try to floss, it increases pressure between my teeth. I then have to brush to relieve the pressure but the floss never goes through.

It was apparent right after my appointment and I hadn’t ate so I don’t think it’s food.

My orthodontist will see me tomorrow morning regarding this but has anyone gone through this? Did it end up being composite material or the glue?

-> How did they remove it or did it go away on its own? Did they use a drill?

Thank you in advance