Happy Friyay!

 

I wanted to share with y’all my final thoughts on my Invisalign journey.

I wore Invisalign starting in July 2018- December 2019

Overall, I had a great experience with Invisalign.  As a former expander, night mask, 2 year braces wearing teen, Invisalign was a breeze for me.

If you want a more info, I’ll link my other two videos here!

CLICK HERE to watch – Invisalign- Braces for the Second Time

 

CLICK HERE to watch – Halfway point! Invisalign – the good, bad, and brown spots!?!

So here are the 3 Things I Wish I Knew Before Invisalign:

CLICK HERE to watch my video review!

1- The number of trays.

When I finally got my trays, I received 14 of them.  I then calculated in my head – 14 trays – > 2 weeks a tray -> 28 weeks – > yay! I’ll be done in less than a year!

WRONG!

My first set of 14 trays were used to close the larger gaps in my teeth.  Once, I finished those trays I thought, “Hmmmm my teeth are not as close as I would like them to be.”

My next orthodontist appointment, the orthodontist informed me, we will move to the next stage of refinement… and I received 10 more trays, which I changed out my trays every week.  Then I received 4 more trays.

So what I learned is there are different stages in Invisalign.  AND you do not get all the trays at once.

2 – The time it takes to get your trays.

To get fitted for your Invisalign, you have this long round wand they stick in your mouth and run along your teeth.  Tooth by tooth.  The wand then scans a digital image of your teeth onto an iPad looking screen.  This is completely painless but kind of annoying holding your mouth open during  the process.

This scan can go quickly or take eternity, it all depends on how well the machine is working that day.

It can take 2-4 weeks to get your trays.  I had to get scanned at each phase in my Invisalign journey.  So I got a new scan at 18 trays, 10 extra trays, 4 extra trays, and once I was finished.

So often times, while I was waiting for my new trays to come in, I would wear my most recent trays just at night.  So remember that sometimes you are waiting on trays.  Calculate that in if you are trying to figure out how long you will wear Invisalign 

3 – No permanent retainers!

I’m not 100% how often they even do these anymore, but I’m thankful to not have to try to floss around some permanent metal piece in my mouth.  Maybe that is just for my case.

I do have to wear night retainers for the rest of my life. 😉

So would I recommend Invisalign?

YES!  While my experience was longer than what I thought, I am very happy with my results and that I did not have to have metal all over my teeth again!

 

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