After completing your Invisalign treatment, you can enjoy your beautifully straight smile. But to maintain your smile, you have to wear retainers as directed by your dentist, and your teeth might shift back to their original position if you don’t wear retainers after your Invisalign treatment.

Most people have this question about how long they have to wear a retainer. But it is difficult to answer this question as everyone is different, and the time to wear your retainers depends upon the condition of your teeth. So, your dentist can guide you on exactly how long you have to wear your retainer. 

To give you a general idea about your retainers-  after you are done with your Invisalign treatment, your jawbone softens so your teeth can shift into the final position. After the first three to six months of your Invisalign treatment, your dentist would suggest you wear your retainers for 22 hours every day to hold your teeth in place while the new bone deposits in the gap created by your aligners. But in some cases, it can take up to nine to twelve months for the body to build new bones to fill the gap, so you might have to wear your retainers for more than nine months.

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