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Invisalign to Braces Dr Bart Orthodontist

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Invisalign Dr Bart Orthodontist Canada

jones18
$5,999
Day 1
So painful the inside of my mouth and my tongue is cut due to sharp pieces they glued on
Im getting headaches jaw pain and ear aches my tmj gave me these issues before but now its constantly painful.
I cannot speak proper this is effecting my job!
It hurts to remove my trays so i starve all day and eat once a day at night a huge meal.
If i want to snack i have to remove them get up brush my teeth and my trays it's very annoying a lot of work! And painful so I just dont.
I can already tell im going to lose 15 to 20lbs! And i only weigh 123lbs! Standing at 5"6" im going to look disgustingly skinny by summer.
The first day when i got home i tried to eat rice and veggies something soft and two metal button pieces that they glued came off and one I swallowed the other i spit out! Very very very annoyed i have to now take more time off work to go get this fixed! Im paying so much for this and its falling apart !!!
So far awful experience I regret doing this!
In the end it better be worth it all!!!!

Replies (3)

March 11, 2019
Sorry to hear you're having these side effects at the moment, hopefully things will improve very soon for you. Please do let us know how you're getting on.
March 12, 2019
Hopefully it will improve with time! The thing im most annoyed about is my speach being effected because it effects my job. The pain I can deal with and I am finding the soft food thing okay! lots of soup pasta mashed potatoes and over cooked veggies! I will keep you updated on the journey! :)
March 12, 2019

I'm glad to hear you're doing okay with the soft food! It must be a little comfort to make something tasty :) Hopefully the speech issue will settle down soon too as you get used to the aligners too.

UPDATED FROM jones18
1 month post

Trays 6 Week 6

jones18
So I'd just like to say that at week 6 I still do regret getting this... the trays are annoying to take in and out and to brush everytime i take them in and out! The elastics are even more annoying and ugly not to mention.....
every week when I change the trays my teeth are painful and it hurts to eat for 2-3 days...
Some of the aligners are super sharp on the edge and slice my tongue open everytime i speak this is honestly the worst pain... because it keeps slicing it over and over in the same spot.... I can't wait until this is over... I would gladly prefer dealing with pain from a boob job or nose job again over teeth pain and dealing with the annoyance of this....
On a positive note! I do see a slight difference in my teeth already they are straighter at bottom not so crowded! But now food is getting stuck places where it never did before.

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April 16, 2019
sorry to hear about your experience but I heard that you can use a nail filer to file down the sharp edge and that would help.
April 16, 2019
Great
April 16, 2019
I will definitely be doing that!
UPDATED FROM jones18
1 month post

Week 8

jones18
So about 5 days ago I started getting this really bad feeling when I was chewing food almost like something sharp was stabbing me in the gum. I tried to floss but that did not workmade it feel worse actually then I tried to rinse with mouth wash but no luck with that. The next day i woke up to gums all around the tooth very temder swollen and hurting.... that night when i was eating my tooth when i was chewing was severely painful and my gum in between and around were super painful so I started rinsing with salt water and that burned also put oral gel on my gums which burned horribly so i went to my dr the following day since nothing helped. The dr looked at it said my gum was infected and prescribed me antibiotics. He said due to the Invisalign shifting my teeth it can create deep pockets underneath where brush and floss can't reach and bacteria and food can get trapped under and cause infection. Sooooo yaaaaa Again still regret this !!!!!!!

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