Need new Invisalign retainers…..quoted £800!!

That’s outrageous. I need new ones too, my sets have yellowed. But I’ll pass on that extortionate charge!

@TheGreatFairyRescue Thank you, that is really useful to hear. My son’s last remaining retainer is disgustingly manky so we’ll try these.

Just say you want new Essix retainers (don’t mention Invisalign) and most ortho practices will do them. Once finished and bonded retainer on they have no way of knowing what kind of ortho you had.

@TheGreatFairyRescue Did you order the Retainer XPress retainers? If so, are they ok? Thanks!

I was quoted £100 at my orthodontist.

You can definitely move orthodontists - I had to as, like many people I'm sure, live in a different country to where I had mine done. I got a retainer recently for £70. Make sure you're phoning orthodontists not dentists, and just ask for a quote for a removable retainer not something specifically Invisalign.

Agree with pp it's all probably a bit of a swizz as my fixed wire lasted over 20 years!

You could try putting them out in the sun to improve the staining

Well that’s good!
I was quoted £400 for the wire and £90 for retainers so it that swayed my choice too but I might reconsider and go back for one

Nope, I had one fitted over 35 years ago and have never needed anything doing to it. No hygiene problems either, no gum disease or fillings whatsoever.

I was advised the wire needs a lot of maintenance, will snap and need replacing and it’s cheaper just to be consistent with the retainers.

Call another dentist/orthodontist I saw quoted £90 with 3D scanning

I lost half of my first set within about 2 months but the second set (really my first properly used set) I’m on year 3 of using. They hold up fine even if they look gross.

@ButterYellowFlowers how long have you been on your first set?

@DeathBanana so youve got through 2 / 3 sets in 4 years? Did they break / get lost or did you decide to switch to a new one?

Yeah it sucks. My Sparks cost £1,200 all in. For replacement retainers it’s £960 for a set of 3 (they won’t let you buy just one set either).

Thankfully I got 3 sets with my treatment. One has half gone missing though so I’m down to two sets.

Im
invested too. I got three sets included with my treatment which is coming up to 4 years ago and have been thinking I could do with a placement.

the whole thing is such a Swiss, they’re just 3s printed. They have a code on them. Invisalign could churn out a few sets for a couple of quid.

oh also my orthodontist wouldn’t put on a wire, he said they were poor for hygiene so he’s probs hoping I’ll need another whole treatment soon

Oh this is interesting nice had my first retainers post Invisalign for about 11 months and I was wondering when to switch. Mostly though because my first ones are fairly rank looking. I’ve started to use a ultrasonic cleaner to clean them but I really dislike how stained they are no hope it’s because I was wearing them 22 hours a day for the first few months and did have the occasional cup of tea in them (what was I thinking). But also wonder if I’m just not cleaning them well enough.

all I found online is don’t change til they’re cracked.

i thought £500 for 3 pairs was standard / well advertised when you signed up though admittedly I though a set was supposed to last 3-5 years. To be honest tho maybe I’ll class them as a 1 year change and buy the £50 version when I’m done

I could have written the OP. I contacted my ortho last week who did my invisalign and they quoted £650 for the retainers but I need to pay £150 for a consultation. I've just emailed another local ortho who advetises retainers from £70. We'll see.....

@TheGreatFairyRescue please keep us updated on how you get on with the postal retainers, I may go down this route too so I'd be very grateful.

Best of luck!

I'm really invested am in the same situation!

I got three sets of nighttime retainers included when I finished invisalign. Dentist said I
might need an additional set years down the line but didn’t say I’d need to buy a pack of three!

They always have been. I got braces as a teen and after a while stopped wearing my retainer - my teeth moved back. To keep them in position would have required buying new retainers.

(I know some people’s teeth stay after braces as a child, I guess it depends what kind of movement you have)

Same here! Wonky teeth after teenage braces. My wisdom teeth came through and shunted the whole lot out of place!

No planning for when wisdoms come through 🤦🏼‍♀️... perhaps they wrongly assumed I'd have them out

I just paid £90 for new nighttime retainers (one set). Dentist used a 3d scanner - much more pleasant than moulds!

i had braces as a teenager and at the end was sent away without retainers and my teeth went wonky again. I suppose at least we know now that retainers are needed to stop that happening.

I’m just coming to the end of my Invisalign treatment and I am paying £385 for an extra 2 sets of retainers in addition to the 1 you get as standard part of the treatment. So £500 for 3 is about the same. My dentist isn’t cheap but I don’t want my teeth to move …

Weve agreed I won’t have the wire behind the teeth because then I can’t floss and I am not very consistent at using the interdental brushes so I’d like to keep the option of flossing.

My dentist said with the retainers to use 1 set for a year then try another set and see if they feel tighter (ie meaning the original set have loosened) and if they are switch to the 2nd set and if not carry on with the 1st set for a while and then try again. So the expectation is the retainers do get loose after a while and you’ll need to change sets.