Decided to Get Invisalign at 29 - Fort Worth, TX

My teeth look pretty great. The Invisalign retainers aren’t enough to keep the bottom ones straight. It bothers me, but not terribly bad.

Just put in the third set. Like last time, it feels like my teeth are being crammed apart (like making arch wider). Last time it was gone by morning and I expect the same this time. With set 2, I was uncomfortable for several days and then it didn't feel like they were doing anything for the rest of the 2 weeks. I'm assuming that's what it will feel like at each change.

The assistant that put on my attachments suggested drinking (iced?) coffee from a straw with the aligners in. On the first set, I tried that, and they looked super yellow by the end of 2 weeks. For the 2nd set I left them out and just tried to drink fast. They are not as yellow but they still look dingy. The biggest difference is that on the lower tray of set 1, they cracked up to the middle of 1 attachment pretty early on. Since it was small, I just started pulling it out from the other side. When I was comparing them just now I noticed a small crack on the other side too. There were no cracks in set 2.

Overall, to sum it up in 1 word, I would say "annoying".

My ortho has uploaded my images but the clincheck still is not working.

I've had Invisalign for 8 days now. They are significantly more comfortable though still an annoyance. Something I didn't really think about but should have is that my teeth/mouth do not feel "normal" when I take the aligners out. You will feel the opposite of the pressure the trays are putting on your teeth, and the attachments, and potentially bite weirdness. The attachments rub, and since you are supposed to keep the aligners in as much as possible, your cheeks don't have much of a chance to get used to it. It's better now than it was though.

I had to file down the bottom front edge of the bottom aligner because it was cutting me. That area is now a cloudy white, which is not visible there but something to keep in mind. I am going to order the "chewies" for the new set if aligners. I did bite my teeth together a lot for the first few days, I don't know if its going to be as bad with a new tray vs starting.

I have 19 aligners on the top and 31 on the bottom. My ortho still hasn't uploaded my images yet but I will post them if I can when they do.