Baylor--thank you for the detailed explanation. That was very helpful.

Hey quick question--in the two months the two months that your son wears the retainer every day--is it as strict as the Invisalign trays? 22 ho urs per day?

Yes, they recommend wearing them at all times for the first two months, unless you are eating.

Between you and me (and the world wide web lol), he only wears them while he sleeps and it has been fine. He has not been wearing them all the time like they suggested. He is younger though and sleeps 10-11 hours a night.

He actually started Invisalign to expand his palate and to make room for his permanent teeth and it worked beautifully. He would sleep in them, wear them to school until lunch time, then put them in again before bedtime, so he didn't wear them 22 hours a day then either.

I finished my treatment a couple of weeks ago, but my dentist isn't seeing patients until July. Per his instructions, I am wearing my last tray (at night while sleeping) as a temporary retainer. I have an appt on July 20 to be fitted for a permanent retainer that I will also wear at night while sleeping.

I had braces and had a permanent retainer put in on top and bottom. It’s just a wire glued to the back of your 4 front teeth. From what I understand, it’s used for people whose teeth were shifted a lot. Usually Invisalign patients don’t have as much manipulation. At the same time I received a nighttime retainer. I think I wore it day and night for one month. I only cheated once when I went to a wedding. After that it was every night. The purpose of that one is to keep the rest of your teeth from reverting back to where they were.

I am just so not jazzed on going to the dentist right now. In addition to the invisalign investment I have gum issues but it scares the heck out of me going to the dentist during the pandemic. I called my dentist to see what he thinks about me wearing the last tray only at night like DawninCal. I don't even want to get my teeth cleaned even though I really need it. I usually go every three months.

I should have had my Invisaligns installed just before the stay at home started, but they messed up the first scan. When they called to reschedule the scan, I decided to put it off until I got back from my cruise. Neither the scan nor the cruise happened. I’m re-rescheduled for a scan in mid-July. I’m not especially worried about it. I have read all the precautions they are taking. I think the orthodontist and his assistants are more at risk from me than I am from them.

I have the first appointment of the day. As I understand it, the office will have been cleaned at the end of the previous day, sat empty overnight, and then cleaned again before the beginning of the new day.

I got my retainer when my root canal was finished. I wear this for 3 months and then after that just at night. I am a tense clenching/grinding sleeper. I am getting something called Vivera retainers after the 3 months. Prior to Invisalign treatment I had a nightguard on my front teeth. I am wondering if these retainers will also work as night guards?