Cost in Australia: $8990
Tray 1 - Day 4
I was so excited about getting my new smile. Even on the day of fitting my first aligners, I wasn't nervous. Just excited.Then I was shown my treatment plan...
27 sets of aligners (54 weeks of invisalign treatment), 15 attachments to start (8 on the top and 7 on the bottom), and they had to file the sides of 2 of my teeth to make room for them to move.
I'm not excited about how long it's going to take. My orthodontist doesn't like to use Acceledent, so I'm stuck with that time (she says there's no evidence that it does what it claims). I'm also not happy about where the attachments are. All of the attachments on my top teeth are on the front teeth, so my lip sticks out. May as well have had braces. At least that's how I feel right now. I was very down for the first few days after having it done. I've pretty much cancelled dating for the next year. I keep telling myself that I'm going to look like a million bucks when it's finished, but it doesn't really make me feel better. I just have to get used to them.
Apart from how I feel about my appearance, they're actually pretty good. I can get them off and on just fine. Have to consolidate my eating though so I don't have to brush and floss as often (it gets old really quick), and my teeth hurt when I take my aligners out and eat (not while they're in), but it's not extreme or anything. Not pain, but sore.
Tray 1 - Day 4
I was so excited about getting my new smile. Even on the day of fitting my first aligners, I wasn't nervous. Just excited.Then I was shown my treatment plan...
27 sets of aligners (54 weeks of invisalign treatment), 15 attachments to start (8 on the top and 7 on the bottom), and they had to file the sides of 2 of my teeth to make room for them to move.
I'm not excited about how long it's going to take. My orthodontist doesn't like to use Acceledent, so I'm stuck with that time (she says there's no evidence that it does what it claims). I'm also not happy about where the attachments are. All of the attachments on my top teeth are on the front teeth, so my lip sticks out. May as well have had braces. At least that's how I feel right now. I was very down for the first few days after having it done. I've pretty much cancelled dating for the next year. I keep telling myself that I'm going to look like a million bucks when it's finished, but it doesn't really make me feel better. I just have to get used to them.
Apart from how I feel about my appearance, they're actually pretty good. I can get them off and on just fine. Have to consolidate my eating though so I don't have to brush and floss as often (it gets old really quick), and my teeth hurt when I take my aligners out and eat (not while they're in), but it's not extreme or anything. Not pain, but sore.
