Coming to the end of a 24 week programme with clear aligners (not Invisalign but similar). At my last appointment I asked dentist to confirm what the next steps are - I'd signed an agreement saying I understood that some patients need to wear them at night forever and I wanted to check that was correct.
He dropped the bombshell that most people need to carry on wearing them all the time (I.e. what I've been doing for 24 weeks) forever if they don't want their teeth to slip back into their old position. I was a bit stunned and didn't argue with him at the time.
Has anyone else come across this and is he right?? I really don't want to wear them during the day forever. He advised me that it's easier to correct teeth at my age (mid 40s) than it would be if I'd left it 20 years - but that's irrelevant if I've got to wear them forever anyway. I didn't do it for cosmetic reasons (my teeth weren't too bad) but because he warned me my teeth would move more in future.
So I feel like I've been had, really.