50 Year Old Starting Clear Correct! - Palm Desert, CA

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!

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!

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!