What is the difference between the retainers worn after braces and the retainers worn after Invisalign treatment?

Doctor's Answer

The one that you get after you are done with braces is usually from a local lab, just a standard hard plastic.

The Invisalign aligners themselves are different, they are more flexible and they have small features built into the aligners. This means they don’t contact the teeth evenly; they contact the teeth at certain points more than the others because they want more movement at these specific pressure points. That is how they work very well.

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