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A year ago, I began Invisalign thinking that it...
A year ago, I began Invisalign thinking that it would be a reasonably comfortable experience. I was told that it would take six months, and that the retainers would be "invisible". Well they sure fooled me.
Invisalign has, by far, been the biggest hit to my self confidence I have ever taken. Not only is it ugly, obvious, and unhygienic, it is excruciatingly painful. And whoop de do, I have just been told that after a year(note, a year, not the estimated six months), that they are adding another year onto my treatment.
The worst part is, they have done everything they can to make my mouth look like the ugliest thing you have ever seen. At my last appointment they added many more sharp attatchments(yay, cause I really wanted to cut up my gums even more) to my front teeth(now I have one on all of my front teeth and I look ridiculous), and they made the request that I wear two sets of elastics now which connect to two sharp, painful hooks on the side of my teeth.
DO NOT GET INVISALIGN. Here's why.
1. They don't tell you about attachments, which are very noticeable, sharp, break off often and have to be replaced, and make the aligners difficult to get on and off. Also, after having some removed I have noticed that they never really get all of them off, so even after treatment you will be left with strangely textured/colored patches on your teeth.
2. The estimated time they give you is rarely accurate. My treatment has been lengthened from 6 months to two years. And yet I haven't even seen very good results thus far.(note: my provider is a "preffered/premier invisalign provider") and has still done a horrible job.
3. They frequently file your teeth down so there are gaps in between your teeth. This is painful, it involves them sticking sharp, sandpaper strips in between your teeth and yanking them back and forth while cutting up your gums. And now most of my teeth look very strange and square because they have straight edges and corners.
4. No matter how well you clean your teeth and aligners, your breath will stink, and your teeth will turn yellow.(trust me, I brush my teeth like 6 times a day because of these things, and clean my aligners in efferent every day)
5. They hurt like bloody hell. Every time you put on a new set of aligners it feels like your teeth are being yanked out. It is impossible to eat the first day or so after you change trays because your teeth become wiggly and painful and sensitive and can't chew.
6. They are incredibly ugly. Not only are the attachments extremely visible(basically it looks like you have huge chunks of plaque stuck to your teeth, or like you have shark fangs jutting out from each tooth), the aligned themselves are extremely shiny and do not look at all like natural teeth. The amount of shine they have draws a lot of attention to your mouth, and it is very obvious that there is plastic on your teeth.
I could go on for days. But I seriously just want to get this crap off of my teeth because at this point, I would rather saw off a limb than have this on my teeth for another year. It makes me so self conscious and it's painful and just all around ridiculous. Skip the crap. It's not worth it. Just get regular braces. I HATE invisalign. End of story.
Invisalign has, by far, been the biggest hit to my self confidence I have ever taken. Not only is it ugly, obvious, and unhygienic, it is excruciatingly painful. And whoop de do, I have just been told that after a year(note, a year, not the estimated six months), that they are adding another year onto my treatment.
The worst part is, they have done everything they can to make my mouth look like the ugliest thing you have ever seen. At my last appointment they added many more sharp attatchments(yay, cause I really wanted to cut up my gums even more) to my front teeth(now I have one on all of my front teeth and I look ridiculous), and they made the request that I wear two sets of elastics now which connect to two sharp, painful hooks on the side of my teeth.
DO NOT GET INVISALIGN. Here's why.
1. They don't tell you about attachments, which are very noticeable, sharp, break off often and have to be replaced, and make the aligners difficult to get on and off. Also, after having some removed I have noticed that they never really get all of them off, so even after treatment you will be left with strangely textured/colored patches on your teeth.
2. The estimated time they give you is rarely accurate. My treatment has been lengthened from 6 months to two years. And yet I haven't even seen very good results thus far.(note: my provider is a "preffered/premier invisalign provider") and has still done a horrible job.
3. They frequently file your teeth down so there are gaps in between your teeth. This is painful, it involves them sticking sharp, sandpaper strips in between your teeth and yanking them back and forth while cutting up your gums. And now most of my teeth look very strange and square because they have straight edges and corners.
4. No matter how well you clean your teeth and aligners, your breath will stink, and your teeth will turn yellow.(trust me, I brush my teeth like 6 times a day because of these things, and clean my aligners in efferent every day)
5. They hurt like bloody hell. Every time you put on a new set of aligners it feels like your teeth are being yanked out. It is impossible to eat the first day or so after you change trays because your teeth become wiggly and painful and sensitive and can't chew.
6. They are incredibly ugly. Not only are the attachments extremely visible(basically it looks like you have huge chunks of plaque stuck to your teeth, or like you have shark fangs jutting out from each tooth), the aligned themselves are extremely shiny and do not look at all like natural teeth. The amount of shine they have draws a lot of attention to your mouth, and it is very obvious that there is plastic on your teeth.
I could go on for days. But I seriously just want to get this crap off of my teeth because at this point, I would rather saw off a limb than have this on my teeth for another year. It makes me so self conscious and it's painful and just all around ridiculous. Skip the crap. It's not worth it. Just get regular braces. I HATE invisalign. End of story.
Provider Review
Dr. Ella Karimi
Very kind woman, but she misinformed me about this procedure and I am now stuck with this stuff on my teeth with no way out(I spent $5000 on this).