Today I went to have my attachments done and the braces fitted.
When they do the attachments, they look like tiny balls of cottage cheese on a few select teeth. They make the fitting really tight and aid the movement of teeth.
It took about 40 minutes to stick them to my teeth... you can see them below...
Then my dentist made me practice taking them in and out. It's quite uncomfortable. (Take lots of tissues, saliva everywhere) but as long as you do it properly, your teeth will not fall out.
Mine feel like they're just going to drop out - but i'm assured they won't.
The red circles show where the attachments are in my mouth... you can actually see better on the second photo. These are both taken with my braces in:
Standing back at a distance, you can't really tell. Speech on Day 1, hasn't been affected that much but 's' is hard to say... more on that tomorrow when I go to work though!
These are my cases to store them in when I take them out. You can have two hours every day to eat and drink.
30 mins for breakfast
30 mins for lunch
1 hour for dinner
You can only drink room temperature water with the braces in otherwise they may warp with the heat of a cup of tea, or discolour with Ribena!
There is time to have a snack - take them out - eat a cake - then chew some gum - then put them back in. I haven't mastered this yet though.
Just hungry....
If you are having or thinking about having invisalign contact me on the comments bit below and I'll try and answer your questions as we go through.
My finish date is August 2012!!!
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