I thought I would give a little update now that I'm on my last set of moulds!
I only experienced pain with the first two sets - I guess that is when most of the movement occurs and when your mouth gets used to your teeth moving.
I did however learn a lesson after set 1 which cut my mouth quite badly… Sometimes the moulds are made too long, and if you try them in your mouth when you get them fitted, and you feel any tiny bit of an ‘edge’ anywhere, then get your dentist to file them then and there.
This has worked wonders for me and I’ve had absolutely no problems since then.
As for taking them out for full weekends at a time, I have to say that for each set of moulds that I’ve had I have left them out for at least one weekend and not had any issues getting them back in. Although you do feel your teeth move slightly, back to where they had been in the previous set, after 24 hours or so. This makes the mould feel tighter when you wear them again but it doesn’t last long.
I guess this would change from person to person though.
Overall I am happy with the change that this has made. Being very picky I would probably want one tooth (the one that prompted me to get this in the first place) to be a teeny bit straighter. But this is a vast improvement to what it was and I won’t be wasting money on another 5 sets to move one tooth (when it’s probably only me that notices it anyways).
I wondered how everyone is getting with their treatment?
I also wondered what people have done if you've had nights/weekends away? As obviously you can't eat or drink with them in...
I have a hen weekend away, at the end of week 4 of my 1st set of moulds, and wondered if it would be ok if I just wore them in the mornings, and while I was sleeping for that weekend?
Does anyone know if that would make a huge difference? (Seeing as I'd have had them in for 2 days short of my 4 week period).
Any help on this would be greatly appreciated!
With regards to the pain, I am only on day 3 of mine.. and do have quite a bit of discomfort and pain too. So much so that I had to go back to my dentist to get the edges filed, and it made such a big difference. Just waiting on my mouth to heal abit now. :)
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Posted to Simpli5 Invisalign - Brighton, UK on 18 Jun 2012
I thought I would give a little update now that I'm on my last set of moulds!
I only experienced pain with the first two sets - I guess that is when most of the movement occurs and when your mouth gets used to your teeth moving.
I did however learn a lesson after set 1 which cut my mouth quite badly… Sometimes the moulds are made too long, and if you try them in your mouth when you get them fitted, and you feel any tiny bit of an ‘edge’ anywhere, then get your dentist to file them then and there.
This has worked wonders for me and I’ve had absolutely no problems since then.
As for taking them out for full weekends at a time, I have to say that for each set of moulds that I’ve had I have left them out for at least one weekend and not had any issues getting them back in. Although you do feel your teeth move slightly, back to where they had been in the previous set, after 24 hours or so. This makes the mould feel tighter when you wear them again but it doesn’t last long.
I guess this would change from person to person though.
Overall I am happy with the change that this has made. Being very picky I would probably want one tooth (the one that prompted me to get this in the first place) to be a teeny bit straighter. But this is a vast improvement to what it was and I won’t be wasting money on another 5 sets to move one tooth (when it’s probably only me that notices it anyways).
I hope everyone else finds this helpful!
Posted to Simpli5 Invisalign - Brighton, UK on 7 Feb 2012
I wondered how everyone is getting with their treatment?
I also wondered what people have done if you've had nights/weekends away? As obviously you can't eat or drink with them in...
I have a hen weekend away, at the end of week 4 of my 1st set of moulds, and wondered if it would be ok if I just wore them in the mornings, and while I was sleeping for that weekend?
Does anyone know if that would make a huge difference? (Seeing as I'd have had them in for 2 days short of my 4 week period).
Any help on this would be greatly appreciated!
With regards to the pain, I am only on day 3 of mine.. and do have quite a bit of discomfort and pain too. So much so that I had to go back to my dentist to get the edges filed, and it made such a big difference. Just waiting on my mouth to heal abit now. :)