Invisalign before and after reddit adults

You are looking for real adult treatment results, often in community photographs or testimonials, and want to know whether a similar change is realistic for you. A photograph can show tooth position before and after treatment, but it cannot show the health of the roots, enamel, jawbone, gums, or the stability of the bite.

Save photos only as examples, then arrange an orthodontic assessment with an examination, photographs, and appropriate dental imaging. The clinician checks crowding, spacing, overbite, overjet, crossbite, tooth roots, gum levels, fillings, and jaw relationships before designing movements and deciding whether attachments, enamel reshaping, or elastics are needed.

If treatment is prescribed, wear each tray as directed, change trays only according to the plan, clean them as instructed, and attend progress visits. Keep the retainers prescribed after active movement, because teeth can shift when the surrounding periodontal tissues and bone adapt to a new position.

Seek an assessment before ordering or copying an aligner plan if you have bleeding or swollen gums, loose teeth, tooth pain, untreated decay, cracked teeth, or a change in your bite. These problems need diagnosis and treatment before tooth movement is planned.

Contact the treating dentist or orthodontist if an aligner no longer fits, a sharp edge injures the cheek, a tooth becomes painful or mobile, or your bite changes in an unexpected way. Do not force a tray that does not seat fully.

Ask which bite and tooth movements your plan will correct, whether your gums and supporting bone are healthy enough for movement, and whether any decay, fillings, extractions, attachments, enamel reshaping, or elastics are part of the plan. Ask how progress will be checked and what retainer design and follow-up schedule will maintain the result.