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Journey to a happier mouth, Dover, New Hampshire
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Pitcure a 18 year old girl, no cavities, but super...
LnamammaDecember 12, 2013
$4,900
Pitcure a 18 year old girl, no cavities, but super overcrowded teeth and no chance of affording braces. Now fast foreword 15 years and two kids later. That girl stopped taking care of her teeth for a while and now, at 33, can afford to fix her smile! I've had to have three teeth extracted and 6 cavities filled. My next step is Invisalign and then implants for the missing molars. I also had to have a full mouth debridement (thankfully no gum disease!) I've had the molds made, and am anxious for the meeting with my dentist on Monday to see if I qualify and how long/much this will be.
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Day of treatment
Only 19 trays!
LnamammaDecember 16, 2013
I went in today and got the final price quote and tray count. It will be 19 trays (so 38 weeks) before the possibility of refinement trays. Total cost $4,900. This total covers up to 3 rounds of refinements as well as the retainer after. It also includes the shaping/filing of my teeth to even out the rough spots when it's all done. They also will be placing in "teeth" where the missing ones are, so I'll be going in every 2 weeks to get the new trays prepped, but again, that's included with the price. I'm super excited to be starting this. Hopefully the first tray will be in before the new year!
About the full mouth debridement I had done, what it entails is the dental hygienist scraping off all the built up tarter tooth by tooth. It's pretty pain free, they do use a numbing agent on the gums. My build up was so bad it took 3 hours in the dentist chair the first visit and another half hour the second (the gums do swell up and your teeth feel loose for a few days) I think the sound of the chipping and scraping was worse than anything else (it really sounded like they were chipping and breaking my teeth).
About the full mouth debridement I had done, what it entails is the dental hygienist scraping off all the built up tarter tooth by tooth. It's pretty pain free, they do use a numbing agent on the gums. My build up was so bad it took 3 hours in the dentist chair the first visit and another half hour the second (the gums do swell up and your teeth feel loose for a few days) I think the sound of the chipping and scraping was worse than anything else (it really sounded like they were chipping and breaking my teeth).
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December 17, 2013
Congratulations! And thanks so much for explaining about the debridement. Wow--three hours is a long time to sit in the dentist's chair. Sounds kind of nice, actually. Three hours without kids asking for stuff ;). But that's great that you got that done. I think it's akin to what they call a deep cleaning at my dentist's, but I'm not sure cause I've never had one before. I've only had a semi-deep cleaning, but that was nice. It was only an hour, though. Hopefully your mouth will be super healthy now!!! And after you're done with the Invisalign, and you get everything filed and shaped, you can do whitening, and man, you will not even recognize yourself!!! :D
When are you going to get your first set of aligners?
January 7, 2014
3 hours may have been a long time, but my dentist offers netflix to the patients. Wonderful bonus of going there. Keeps us from getting bored.
December 17, 2013
Congrats on starting your smile make-over journey! I look forward to reading your review as time passes and you move through your treatment! I have some additional dental work to do after my invisalign is done as well. I assume the missing teeth are in the back (molars?) If so, you won't really need the pontics (that's what they call the material they use in the trays for missing teeth) as no one can see in the back. I am missing 4 molars on the bottom - 2 on each side and I don't have the pontics. The trays fit over my wisdom teeth (still have on bottom but not on top) and they create "fake" spaces for the missing teeth with the trays. You may find that having to go in every 2 weeks isn't near worth the trouble if the missing teeth are in the back. :) Time will tell! :) Let us know when you have received your trays! :)
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22 days post
Set one is in!
LnamammaJanuary 7, 2014
So I have 8 "buttons" that I barely notice, and choose not to bother with the pontics for now. That way I only have to go back every 6 weeks. It felt like forever to get them in since the practice was closed over Christmas and we've had some bad, bad weather too, but I finally got there and spent about 40 minutes having the buttons put on, which I think was the worst of everything. It just felt so dry (which it was) and when my mouth gets too dry, I start to gag, so that wasn't fun, but it was doable. I took advice that I read on here and took a couple Advil before I went in. They are uncomfortable right now, but again, I know that's normal. It's not painful so much as irritating.
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January 7, 2014
Congratulations on getting your trays and finally starting your treatment! After reading mlb502's comment, it sounds like a blessing you didn't go with the pontics. I'd never heard of pontics in anything other than dental bridges before (it usually refers to a fake tooth in a bridge) but now I looked it up. Fascinating what they are capable of nowadays! But I guess it means they'd have to refit a pontic for each tray. What a pain! Though some Invisalign patients are seen for every tray and love that they can get immediate feedback on whether they are progressing well.
I'm glad the pain isn't too severe for you, and at least you have the satisfaction of knowing the treatment is working ;). Do expect for some tooth looseness and difficulty while eating.
Thank you for keeping us updated! I look forward to seeing how you manage after a couple of days :)
I'm glad the pain isn't too severe for you, and at least you have the satisfaction of knowing the treatment is working ;). Do expect for some tooth looseness and difficulty while eating.
Thank you for keeping us updated! I look forward to seeing how you manage after a couple of days :)
OMG how do they go about doing a full-mouth debridement?? Wait...maybe you could write about that in your review? I've never heard of that before. Unless it was just hydrogen peroxide gargles, but that sounds unlikely. Keep us posted on what your doctor says on Monday!!!