Experience With Invisalign

Your experience will depend on your case and skill of your doctor.

My case is 50 trays, that's about 2 years of treatment. And during this time I felt considerable pain, on certain days I had to take painkillers. My gums were swollen, my mouth was cut (tray plastic can be quite sharp). Don't expect an easy ride.

Quality of treatment. As many have said, invisalign only works for mild cases. Unfortunately, doctors tend to be over optimistic. Seek second opinion before you begin treatment. Once again, understand that while you're wearing invisalign trays nothing could be adjusted. Doctor designs (on a computer) how you mouth will look before the molds are made. He can only tell you whether or not your teeth are moving along (tracking) the original computer layout. He may (and many do) finish your treatment or stop in the middle to make some additional trays to correct/adjust a particularly hard tooth(s). Remember, invisalign can't turn/grasp the teeth as well as metal wire

By all means, do not go with the cheapest doctor. Saving $2000 and having a lousy doctor is such disappointment that you will loose hair. Be prepared to wear the damn braces 23 hours a day for the best result. Don’t listen to people who say you can take them off for 4 or 6 hours and achieve something. You'll be doing yourself a very bad favor, moving your teeth back and forth like an idiot. A smart doctor will tell you.

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If you persist, select a decent doctor and are prepared for some pain, then invisalign treatment should be as good as a traditional kind of braces.