re: For those who have had Invisalign - how many trays did you need before finishing?

I definitely had 3 or 4 sets of refinements. I don't remember how many trays overall, but it seemed like it took forever. What should have been 6 months was closer to 10.

And for reference, I had braces in middle school and was only correcting one slight tooth shift. It's a process. Hang in there!

You’d be surprised how easy it is. My dentist cautioned against it though. She said mostly what you did. People forget, poor compliance, and the teeth end up moving and causing problems.

I hated the idea of a permanent retainer. About 80% of why I did invisalign instead of regular braces. I also still floss 2-3x per day and brush at least twice per day. So the evening routine is brush, floss, put in retainers, go to bed.

The weekends when I’m up late, eating and drinking, is when I relax a little on that routine. But Su-Th I’m diligent about it.

My Invisalign treatment lasted a total of 11 months, but I don’t recall the exact amount of new trays I wore during that time. I use the retainer each night while sleeping and all is well. The process overall was easy. I wish I would have done it a long time ago.