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50 Year Old Starting Clear Correct! - Palm Desert, CA
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I'm a 50 year old woman who just started my...
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I'm a 50 year old woman who just started my treatment with Clear Correct. I should have had braces when I was little due to my cross bite but didn't. Big mistake! Eventually through the years the cross bite effected my teeth buy moving them in a crooked position. It's just kept getting worse and worse. Finally, as I finished all my kids Orthodontic treatments and they are now both in college, my husband and I decided it was time to fix Mommy! :D Soaaaa... here ... I .. go! I am currently wearing Phase Zero which are the Passive Aligners. They do not move your teeth just yet but keep them from doing more damage and also help you get use to something in your mouth. You have to wear the aligners for three weeks and then you are ready for another set. I am almost ready to change mine soon and I am very excited! I must say it took me about two weeks to really adjust to these aligners. I now have it kinda down to a science. I believe I keep them in more the 22 hours a day. (They say wear them as much as you can only taking them out for eating, drinking, and brushing) After I do take them out I have a 'Brushing Kit' on me at all times to brush and put them in immediately. I do drink lots of water with them for your mouth does get quite dry. I'm a huge water drinker any way so it's all good. I would like to update my progress as it goes to see if this really will work and how my experience will be. Hopefully I can help others and maybe make some Clear Correct friends! AWESOME! Thanks again and I will up date as I go!
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UPDATED FROM Ommie2
23 days post
Aligners 1A
Well, I got my new Aligners 1A this morning. YAY! This will be the beginning of some real movement! I am beyond excited. I know things will progress slowly but I am so okay about that. (Heck! I've had these teeth for over 40 years! I can wait!) They were real tight getting them in but understandably so. I did take some Tylenol so I could ease into this as there was some discomfort but now it is evening and all is okay. I think that's a good idea every time you change to your new aligners. Take some pain relievers about a half hour before your visit. Then you can ease into them with comfort. My Dentist told me that was perfectly fine. It has only been one day but I think all will go well. I'm very optimistic and will keep in good spirits. I was going to post my experience on each aligner but I think that might be a bit much. Instead I will post when things are moving along and I can take pix of the new movements. I also am writing a Journal as I go along just for myself. I have all the Digital pictures my Dentist gave me in there so I can look at what my teeth will eventually look like! It makes me smile and feel happy. I am happy about waiting... because all good things come to those who wait. Thanks for listening! Updates will come as things start happening!
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August 8, 2014
I found that putting the new aligner in just before bed was a good way for me, because then I didn't have to take them off soon to eat and I had time to settle in them. But my doctor said as long as I left them in for at least 6 hours the first time, that it'd be good enough. So days when the doctor put them in during an appointment, I didn't eat all day :(.
August 9, 2014
You are too sweet to answer my thread! Ty for all your advice! I appreciate it very much! Obviously you have been through this and are very knowledgable. If I have anymore questions I'll be sure to ask. If you chat privately let me know. I do have some questions I would like to ask but not in an open forum. If you do let me know. If not it's all good. Just thought I would ask. Thanks again !
August 11, 2014
You can always PM me :). Just click on my name and there will be a thing that says Private Message. You can send me one. I can't give medical advice, but I can speak from my own experience. We also have several RealFriends who have been around a long time and know their stuff. I'll give you their names too: mlb502, PreOrtho, and viktoriajv.
August 11, 2014
That's awesome! Ok.. I will do just that. I checked out the other RealFriends and they all look fantastic! It really does work in the long run. Thanks for all your advice and help. I will only be posting here when there is some improving to report not on each aligner. This is going to be a long process but one worth waiting for! :D
UPDATED FROM Ommie2
27 days post
Aligners 1A
Well, I decided to come clean and tell you I had been in pain for three days. Around the fourth day the pain had subsided and it just still feels tight. At least I know now that every time you change to new aligners there will be pain for approximately three and a half days. Well, for me that is. I did take pain relievers to help me along and then once the pain started to diminish I stopped. I'm not going to let this get me down and keep strong. If I quit because of this I will never do this again. Never. So I'm going to give this all I got. I still have some FIRE left in the 50 year old! Thanks for listening!
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I can't wait to follow your progress!!!!!
JWortham is a sweetie :D. But everyone is suuuuper friendly. A lot of people just come on and answer their comments though, so they only meet new people when people say hi or ask questions on their reviews :). Some others come on like one every two or three weeks (like when they change their trays) and take a look around then.
Here are some of ours who've updated in the past couple of months (most more recently than that):
Jrowe8274 (tray 2A), Bbop (tray 3A or B), ClearCorrectMyTeeth (tray 1C), Donein12 (may still be in passive), clcorrect89 (maybe 1C), and LittleJessica, who's been going over 9 months and is has seen beautiful results. These links all go to review pages, so you can look at their stories at your leisure and say hi if you feel like it. It's a great way to meet people.