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I finally made the decision to go with my...

Meme04
WORTH IT$7,500

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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July 16, 2012

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.

July 17, 2012
yeh neither do i. i have an appointment next week with my ortho so i will ask him more questions about it.
July 19, 2012

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!

UPDATED FROM Meme04

Suprisingly the the 6th tray isnt all that very...

Meme04
Suprisingly the the 6th tray isnt all that very tight like how i expected.

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July 22, 2012
hi
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!
July 26, 2012
Good luck too. I am gonna put photos up after my treatment ends. I hate that fact that you have to use it for 20 mins and I nearly forget sometimes arrgghh.
July 24, 2012
Curious Melbchick04. If you don't mind me asking how much was the Acceledent device? I paid $8755 for my 29 aligners and Accledent. I brought in a paper advertisement and it said that the accedelent was complimentary but I now think that it was all included in the price. Which is disappointing that they've kind of ripped me off.
July 26, 2012
You are nit alone love. Really the price I put there is not with the acceledent price. I didn't put it there because it was a choice I made. My ones cost $1500. So all in all I paid $9000. One thing I would change would be going with a cheaper ortho but what's done is done. now all we can both hope is that we get that beautiful smile.
September 23, 2012
$8500
July 24, 2012
July 26, 2012
yes a beautiful confident smile! how exciting!!!
UPDATED FROM Meme04

Had a little problem with my 11th aligners, they...

Meme04
Had a little problem with my 11th aligners, they were bothering my top gum because it was a tad bit bigger and sharp, so i called my ortho and he said i should file it down with nail file. Other than that all is good. Now im on my 12th aligner everything is moving fast and quite smooth. Im actually starting to see some results now, my arch is sort of widened, just a little bit though. My bottom teeth are 95% straight which im very impressed with, because im not even half way through so i should expect my treatment to go as planned. My top gap hasn't closed but they have straightened because they were initially a tad bit to the east and west lol.

I will update soon after i have my next appointment.
Ta Ta

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September 4, 2012

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?

September 23, 2012
yes i use it everyday. i saw my ortho and he said everything's going well. But the trays i'm wearing now hurt when i take them off and especially when i put them back on. they said i can file the place it's hurting me if i want but i'm not because i'm worried it will change the way it is so i will take the pain to get the best out of my invisalign. Oh! the things i do for good looks.