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Wow - they look amazing...congrats!!

I have been in my essix retainer for 5 months now and still find myself lisping now and again! Often, like the previous poster, it happens when Im tired but 99% of the time my mouth adapts as soon as I pop them in!

I remember having a conversation with my ortho that went along the lines of, if a child wears braces and the teeth are forced to move in a certain direction as they form/grow, then theyre more likely to 'retain' their position after ortho work. Its when an adults teeth are forced to move away from t...

My bite changed after the second tray but the visible changes could be seen about tray 8 - thats when i started to receive compliments too

I read a suggestion from Dr Tam on a post that you could reduce your wear time by an hour each month - this is what I have tried to stick to and seems to be working so far so will keep you posted! Removable retainers are starting to become high maintenance though and I am considering fixed ret's in ...

Hi, yes I must admit that all I saw during Invisalign was the 'last tray' and then I would be home and dry......not so!! Im down to about 15 hours wear time now, I started at 20 hours or so. I could go down to less hours but I think my teeth would be shifting too much every day which is a bad idea. ...

Im 5 months into wearing my Essix retainers and my teeth still replase after about 5-6 hours. My bite starts to change and the trays are tight when I put them back in. I think it will take months before I replace my trays in the evening and they dont feel a tight fit...but then my teeth were 30 year...

What's a 'bottle opener'?!!!!

I'm a Steradent girl all the way lol. I used toothpaste to clean one of the sets of trays and they were the cloudiest and smelliest compared to all the others!!! Im now in Essix retainers which are very similar to the Invisalign trays -I brush them with water each time i remove them, and soak them i...

Yes, I had exactly the same. Keep lip balm/vaseline to hand at all times and a bottle of water!! Its good for the skin too

I would love to say it got less painful for me but it didnt...I just got to know what to expect (which was 'some' comfort I guess!) In the first 3 days of most trays, I would pull the trays off and look down expecting to see a number of teeth still in the trays lol it was that painful! Some trays it...

How strange, words are being changed when i submit my reply to this thread...anyone else find this??!

That should read a few 'ocean' - not sure what happened there!!!!!!?!!

I always wore my aligners when on a night out - I stuck to lager or white wine to avoid staining the aligners. I think it's ok if you are only doing it 1 or 2 nights per aligner. I did stretch to a few ocean etc when on vacation, with plenty of swishing with water in between! I tried drinking tea wi...

Wow, the result is INCREDIBLE!!! Well done, you must be thrilled, they look fantastic