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Had Wire Braces at 12-13, Age 39 Trying Clear Correct - Waco, TX
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I once had beautiful, straight teeth...thanks to...
WORTH IT$2,200
I once had beautiful, straight teeth...thanks to wire braces. Wearing wire braces hurt. I got mouth sores galore, gross grimy stuff around brackets and braces and wires&what a pain to clean them! I also had to wear rubberbands.
I maintained straight teeth through my mid-twenties, and then I started birthing babies. 4 of them. Every baby it seemed my front top teeth gap widened more and more . I blame pregnancy as the hormones relax your ligaments and loosens things on your body in prep for birth . It's a reason some woman choose braces while preggo as the teeth suposedly move easier. So I partially blame blame pregnancy on my teeth shifting (though the kids will always be worth it !????) and partially blame my dentist/orthodontist for not telling me I needed to wear retainers for the rest of my life if I wanted to keep them straight . Now I know .
On the up side , I didn't mess with retainers the past 20 years. Down side is here I am trying again.
Upside again is that I don't need so much dental work done that Clear Correct shouldn't be a relatively "easy" fix .
My main mouth complaints are top front teeth gap + crowded bottom front teeth .
Sooooo... Here is my journey .
As of 6/21/14
I have worn them a little over 24 hours . Because of my past with retainers and night guard wearing , the feel isn't overly weird to have on. At the same time I've never had a bottom clear retainer.
My only real irritation so far is my bottom front retainer feels to be irritating my my mouth. Can that be files down? Or will I have to live with it ? Wondering if I can use wax on that area and if it would help.
My lips do dry easily so I've found that keeping Aquaphor or Chapstick or lipstick on very helpful .
I am drinking my water through a straw, because it keeps my bottom, front inner mouth from being irritated by the aligner.
I will get in touch with my dr . to see if he can help with that comfort level. Honestly , even if I just have to deal with this one rough spot , the rest is fairly comfortable overall .
I'm adjusting still to the idea of wearing these non-stop for several months . Also to removing to eat, brushing teeth and aligners so many times a day. I'm hoping the minor inconvenience helps cause some weightloss as well . Ha ha.
I will upload pic 1 as my teeth without my first aligners and photo 2 WITH. The aligners in.
By the way , the cost of my aligners includes retainers and tooth whitening when this is all over .
I maintained straight teeth through my mid-twenties, and then I started birthing babies. 4 of them. Every baby it seemed my front top teeth gap widened more and more . I blame pregnancy as the hormones relax your ligaments and loosens things on your body in prep for birth . It's a reason some woman choose braces while preggo as the teeth suposedly move easier. So I partially blame blame pregnancy on my teeth shifting (though the kids will always be worth it !????) and partially blame my dentist/orthodontist for not telling me I needed to wear retainers for the rest of my life if I wanted to keep them straight . Now I know .
On the up side , I didn't mess with retainers the past 20 years. Down side is here I am trying again.
Upside again is that I don't need so much dental work done that Clear Correct shouldn't be a relatively "easy" fix .
My main mouth complaints are top front teeth gap + crowded bottom front teeth .
Sooooo... Here is my journey .
As of 6/21/14
I have worn them a little over 24 hours . Because of my past with retainers and night guard wearing , the feel isn't overly weird to have on. At the same time I've never had a bottom clear retainer.
My only real irritation so far is my bottom front retainer feels to be irritating my my mouth. Can that be files down? Or will I have to live with it ? Wondering if I can use wax on that area and if it would help.
My lips do dry easily so I've found that keeping Aquaphor or Chapstick or lipstick on very helpful .
I am drinking my water through a straw, because it keeps my bottom, front inner mouth from being irritated by the aligner.
I will get in touch with my dr . to see if he can help with that comfort level. Honestly , even if I just have to deal with this one rough spot , the rest is fairly comfortable overall .
I'm adjusting still to the idea of wearing these non-stop for several months . Also to removing to eat, brushing teeth and aligners so many times a day. I'm hoping the minor inconvenience helps cause some weightloss as well . Ha ha.
I will upload pic 1 as my teeth without my first aligners and photo 2 WITH. The aligners in.
By the way , the cost of my aligners includes retainers and tooth whitening when this is all over .
UPDATED FROM ClearCorrectMyTeeth
2 days post
Day 3 update with the photos
Sorry. I'm just getting to know how this site works . I had some typos in my last post that I guess I can't edit . Like "my kids will always be worth it " should be all (!!!!!) with no question marks . Love my kids .
The other typos you can just fix in your head as you read .:)
I have followed advice I've seen on this website and used a nail file/Emory board to smooth the edge that was hurting my inner bottom lip . It no longer hurts ! I filed last night and I'm still good this afternoon.
The aligners are definitely more comfortable now on Day 3.
Something else . It is very hard to use nails and fingers to pull the aligners out. I looked up the "outie" tool for taking out the aligners. At Amazon they are now about $25 with shipping . I read the reviews and the negatives were not looking good .
One reviewer suggested just using those individual floss picks . He said to use the part with the floss stretched out to pull off from back molars . Works like a charm for me .:)
Ok. Now for those pics I'd promised. I'm only about 48 hours into treatment as I received these Friday afternoon and it's now Sunday afternoon .
The 1st photo is with no aligners in... The 2nd is with aligners .
I suppose I have a very slight
overbite compared with underbite, but nothing significant and I'm not working on it . I just want the teeth straight . Therefore , my crooked smile pics are to give a fuller picture of the spacing of the teeth.
The other typos you can just fix in your head as you read .:)
I have followed advice I've seen on this website and used a nail file/Emory board to smooth the edge that was hurting my inner bottom lip . It no longer hurts ! I filed last night and I'm still good this afternoon.
The aligners are definitely more comfortable now on Day 3.
Something else . It is very hard to use nails and fingers to pull the aligners out. I looked up the "outie" tool for taking out the aligners. At Amazon they are now about $25 with shipping . I read the reviews and the negatives were not looking good .
One reviewer suggested just using those individual floss picks . He said to use the part with the floss stretched out to pull off from back molars . Works like a charm for me .:)
Ok. Now for those pics I'd promised. I'm only about 48 hours into treatment as I received these Friday afternoon and it's now Sunday afternoon .
The 1st photo is with no aligners in... The 2nd is with aligners .
I suppose I have a very slight
overbite compared with underbite, but nothing significant and I'm not working on it . I just want the teeth straight . Therefore , my crooked smile pics are to give a fuller picture of the spacing of the teeth.
Replies (2)
June 22, 2014
Congratulations on getting to do this, and welcome to the clear correct community! I'm the same age as you and did Invisalign a couple of years ago and am very happy I finally decided to do something with my teeth, even though they weren't that bad. They were getting worse--maybe it was the babies, like you said :D. But age does that automatically, really. Your teeth keep moving.
Anyway, do feel free to look around even in Invisalign if you don't find the answers you need here in Clear Correct--there's a lot of overlap. Here are some other Clear Correct community members, though, if you'd like to visit them :).
We have some that are active and update us on their progress. Jrowe8274 is on tray b1 (2 of 16). jwortham is on tray 4 of 16. LittleJessica is on tray 10, I think. Bbop is on tray 5. Finally, DZappalahas been going over a year at this point. I don't know what tray she's on :D.
Anyway, do feel free to look around even in Invisalign if you don't find the answers you need here in Clear Correct--there's a lot of overlap. Here are some other Clear Correct community members, though, if you'd like to visit them :).
We have some that are active and update us on their progress. Jrowe8274 is on tray b1 (2 of 16). jwortham is on tray 4 of 16. LittleJessica is on tray 10, I think. Bbop is on tray 5. Finally, DZappalahas been going over a year at this point. I don't know what tray she's on :D.
June 23, 2014
Thank you for saying hello and for the welcome .
I will take a look a those mentioned . Thank you .:)
UPDATED FROM ClearCorrectMyTeeth
7 days post
1 week in
I've made it one week in so far .
Wondering if it will get easier and easier to have something in my mouth all the time .
I hope so !
Trying to keep my eyes on the final result !
#nopainnogain
Well, can't say in in pain exactly . Just discomfort and inconvenience . But I trust it will be worth it !!
Wondering if it will get easier and easier to have something in my mouth all the time .
I hope so !
Trying to keep my eyes on the final result !
#nopainnogain
Well, can't say in in pain exactly . Just discomfort and inconvenience . But I trust it will be worth it !!
Replies (4)
June 28, 2014
It definitely gets easier. In fact, it gets to the point where it feels weird not having them in whenever you have to eat :D.
July 13, 2014
You're right . They totally are normal to me to have now . Thankful it became "normal" and not so bothersome before 1B!;)
July 14, 2014
LOL! Yeah. Wondering whether the discomfort has started blossoming for you yet :).
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