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I finally made the decision to go with my...
I finally made the decision to go with my treatment, I got invisalign in mid May 2012. It is very costly, my treatment cost 7500 excluding acceledent that I got recently (paid that upfront). I have high hope that my smile will be next to perfect.
It doesn’t bother me that I have to keep my invisalign on for 22 hours a day; I probably have them on for 23 hours because I eat very quickly. My friend and my mom call them granny teeth and my sister calls them dentures ewww lol. They make me laugh but I don’t mind, they both have traditional braces and they are ugly. I do get some weird looks sometimes, like ‘what is that on your teeth’ and I be like none of your business *rolls eyes*.
My goal from this treatment is to have straighter, broader and brighter smile and I made that very clear during my consultation. So I will be quite furious if I don’t get that outcome because I PAID HEAPS OF MONEY.
As soon as I heard of acceledent I went and did my research and was convinced that it will work and speed up my treatment by 50%. That means I would be changing my aligners every week. But what really made me desperately get it was that I got attachments on my 4th aligners… all across my top teeth. 10 on the top and 6 on the bottom, my first 3 aligners had no attachments. Well not so invisible I guess but still, I will take invisalign over traditional braces anyday.
I started using the acceledent on the 9th of July in the middle of my 4th aligners, for 20 minutes every night. From now on (from the 5th aligners) I will change them every Thursdays. Its day 4 and I can already feel that it’s loosened up and not so tight which is a good thing. So on Thursday the 19th I will change to my 6th. It’ll be the first time I’m changing them after using an aligner for one week. I will write review on how that goes.
Btw I have 32 aligner to go through before my perfect smile. My invisalign treatment is supposed to go for 18 months but with Acceledent I will be done with them by January 2013, than have refinements if necessary. Then its retainers and a hidden wire behind your front teeth that will be there eternally.
The only thing that bothered me was the price. But that’s my fault; I should have looked around but i was very impatient. That is a self taught lesson, never going to happen again.
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Suprisingly the the 6th tray isnt all that very...
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i have been using acceledent too. but i have the train tracks as i wasnt gaurenteed to get the perfect result! like u i paid 7000 oddly it was only 100 more for invisalign. im having adjustments every 3 weeks. good luck on your journey to beautiful teeth!
Had a little problem with my 11th aligners, they...
I will update soon after i have my next appointment.
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Oh, bummer you got some sores from the trays. I'm glad to hear things are moving along well though. Have you continued to use your Acceledent?
Did your dentist or orthodontist recommend acceledent and approve you changing the trays weekly? If not I would definitely check with them before moving ahead with that plan, especially since great results are so important to you.
Here is a Q&A that talks about Acceledent:
Has Anyone Heard if Acceledent Really Works, or is It Just a Gimmick?
Here is a Q&A that talks about how and why it is important to wear your trays for the full two weeks unless otherwise instructed by your doctor:
Can I Go on to my Next Invisalign Tray After Less Than 2 Weeks, if my Teeth Fit in It?
I'm not sharing this with you to bum you out, but I would hate to hear that you ended up with less than satisfactory results.
I'll be interested to hear what you find out. I would strongly encourage you to wear your trays the full 2 weeks until then. It would be such a bummer (and expensive!) to have your treatment messed up this early on!