Miracle or Mistake - Staten Island, NY
I'm 45 years old. I had traditional braces when I...
I'm 45 years old. I had traditional braces when I was a kid, but not wearing my retainer, the teeth moved again-- and now it's worse. With a bit of overcrowding and an off-bite that will get worse with time, I decided to do Invisalign.
I'm on day 3 of tray 1 or 23. 46 weeks didn't sound like a long time, but I'm only on day three and I'm regretting my decision. Wearing the liners is nothing. They barely hurt and it's fine. It's taking them out that's killing me. I have about 6 attachments that I wasn't told about--not that it would've mattered I guess. But trying to take out the bottom trays is incredibly difficult and painful. On day 2 I was sobbing in front of the mirror trying to get the trays off.
I've looked at every video I could find and read all the tips, the papertowel helps to pull the liners off my molars, but the front attachments refuse to let the liner be removed that the pressure on the front bottom teeth is unbearable. Further, my ortho insisted I have one of my bottom front teeth removed and not only do I now have an unsightly hole, but I coudn't stop this process now if I wanted to.
I knew I couldn't eat with the trays in, which I was kind of looking forward to, because I work from home snacking can be a problem and I looked forward to cutting it out. However, I find myself only eating once a day now because the thought of removing my liners kills any desire to eat.
To make matters worse, I hear about people's teeth becoming loose in the process and already I'm scared to death that I'm going to pull out the bottom teeth removing the tray--but of course everyone tells me that's not going to happen...
I pray that by the end of my first week things will have gotten better, but for now I'm considering this one of the biggest regrets of my life.
Today is my 5th day. Yesterday I dreamt that my...
When I wake up I just brush my teeth with the trays in and swoosh some Listerine around to kill at least some of the germs inside the trays. I have luke warm green tea w/Splenda for breakfast. I read that it's not acidic, so it shouldn't hurt my teeth. I figure when I eat tonight I'll take the trays off and do a full cleaning of both. I have to hope that all the water I drink throughout the day is helping to prevent any cavity issues.
The false tooth they put inside the bottom tray to hide the huge gap in front of my mouth falls out when I remove the tray and day before yesterday it fell out while I was wearing the tray, so I've given up on it. So now I have a blank spot where my tooth was. I'm very sad about that, but the only thing I can do is wait for tray #2 and hope the tooth stays in that one.
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I'm so sorry to hear how you are feeling. :( Most people say the first week is the worst, and that it then gets much better after that.
Have you noticed any changes in how things feel over the last couple of days?
Sorry to hear. :-/
I'm sure you have seen this, but just in case you haven't this is a forum specifically about removing your trays:
How do you get your Invisalign trays out?
Some people have mentioned using a tiny crochet hook to help with removing them. Have you tried any sort of tools or instruments like that?
My gosh, it sounds like you are really having a time with that tray! Maybe give your dentist a call and let them know how much difficultly you are having. Perhaps one of the attachments can be removed until your teeth shift a bit, or something, to make things a bit easier on you.
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