Page 2 | Need new Invisalign retainers…..quoted £800!!

TheGreatFairyRescue · 2026-05-06T11:04:34+00:00

As title, I need new night time Invisalign retainers and I’ve just been quoted nearly £800 for new ones!! What the hell, my whole Invisalign treatment was only £3k! That’s for 3 new sets, they won’t just sell me 1 replacement set, will only sell me the 3! Has anyone else had this issue? Has anyone used Retainer Xpress? I’m panicking now as I don’t have a spare £800 at the moment!

BiteSizedLife · 06/05/2026 12:34

So straight teeth are now a subscription too? 😭😭

2026 what a time to be alive

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TheGreatFairyRescue · 06/05/2026 12:30

buymeflowers · 06/05/2026 12:28

Oh I’m interested to know this as mine are as old as the hills, I’ve got the wire retainer but the overnight retains do go tight if I don’t wear them for a few days. I just don’t have the spare £££, my dentist quoted £500 for replacements

I’ll let you know how I get on with the retainer xpress experience, praying it works out!

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buymeflowers · 06/05/2026 12:28

Oh I’m interested to know this as mine are as old as the hills, I’ve got the wire retainer but the overnight retains do go tight if I don’t wear them for a few days. I just don’t have the spare £££, my dentist quoted £500 for replacements

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TheGreatFairyRescue · 06/05/2026 12:26

LittlestBoho · 06/05/2026 12:10

Are they just retainers to hold your teeth in place, or are they part of the treatment of moving your teeth?

If you just need a retainer to hold your teeth in place many orthodontists can rustle one up for a reasonable price - contact a different orthodontist to ask. Alternatively, you can have a small, permanent wire fitted behind your teeth to hold them in place. This means you don't need to remember to wear a retainer every night. This costs around £200 each for top and bottom arches.

No, it’s just the night time retainer I need.

I did have a bar on both upper and lower but my upper one kept coming off and after a while my dentist just said it wasn’t worth putting back on. So I’ve now only got one on my lower teeth and it’s my upper nighttime retainer that has now got some damage/ started to crack at the bottom.

I rang round 2 other dentists this morning but neither did Invisalign, only other teeth straightening which I didn’t care about but they did and said they weren’t sure their orthodontists would want to touch my teeth as I’ve had work done by someone else etc which is all just pathetic as well. I said surely I shouldn’t be held to ransom with my current dentist for the rest of my life, what if they went bust?!

Anyway, just paid £100 for a set with retainer xpress, god knows if they’ll be any good but the moulds will be with me tomorrow and I should have the new retainers by Friday/ Monday. So we’ll see, it was worth a shot for £100! Otherwise I’ll have to ask if my current dentist can put my top bar back on and I’ll have to save over the following few months enough to fork out for new Invisalign retainers!

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Newnamenancy90 · 06/05/2026 12:10

They refused me just one set as well so I’m still using my manky stained aligner I’ve had for 5 years. I didn’t need a new one but thought cos I’d had it so long and it was now yellow that I may as well but no way am I paying what they wanted!

LittlestBoho · 06/05/2026 12:10

Are they just retainers to hold your teeth in place, or are they part of the treatment of moving your teeth?

If you just need a retainer to hold your teeth in place many orthodontists can rustle one up for a reasonable price - contact a different orthodontist to ask. Alternatively, you can have a small, permanent wire fitted behind your teeth to hold them in place. This means you don't need to remember to wear a retainer every night. This costs around £200 each for top and bottom arches.

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TheGreatFairyRescue · 06/05/2026 12:09

Ohhh, okay so it seemed to work for you? Was it easy to do the moulds? Maybe I’ll have a go at doing that then as their refusal to let me buy one set has really annoyed me. I just can’t afford it.

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Labracadabradorr · 06/05/2026 12:07

I’ve used an online retainer website - can’t quite remember which one now.

it was very good. They send the moulds. You do the moulds at home, return them and they send your retainer in the post - cost me £50 a few years ago - it’s still going strong now about five years later of nightly use!