I’ve just finished Invisalign and as I was thinking back over the last 20 months I thought it might be helpful to share my experience and what I learned. I used this site as motivation quite a bit so I wanted to contribute something back. 1. If you can, choose an orthodontist over a dentist. My first consultation was with a cosmetic dentist who pointed out that my midline was off and my t...
So far, I have gone to my orthodontist to get my impressions done. They took about 6 different impressions, taking about 30 minutes total. They scanned my head, and showed me a neat picture of my entire head as an X-ray. I was called 2 weeks later to show me the 3-D pictures depict what my treatment will look like as we proceed. It's pretty neat. I am now waiting for my first tray. I have to...
I had braces when I was in middle school. Had them for 3 years along with a pallet expander. This was an awful contraption that was wrapped around my back molars and then had a swirly metal wire that went along the roof of my mouth. I had an open bite. The end result was to have upper jaw surgery. I refused the surgery due to the amount of dental work I had done as a kid and didn't want to go...
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