Metal Mouth Message Board

Hi Everyone and thanks for your comments. If you can advise how to post pics, I will try to once my ortho emails me the pics on Tuesday. anastasia - I went in to collect my aligner 7 and my ortho said randomly you can cut down to 11 days. I was really happy to do so as it cut off 3months of treatmen...

I'm done! I'm finally done! After 24 upper and lowers and 6 refinements my teeth are perfect! To those of you considering Invisalign, I would say go for it! It has been worth every penny of the £5000 this has cost me. I started my journey 10th Oct 2007 and am finally done this week. Just waiting fo...

John37, I have the WIDEST smile ever. Nearly every tooth shows when I smile, all but the last tooth on each arch! I just don't like them and think they are noticeable. I had 7 originally too. I am going to hang in there and know that in 8 weeks max I will done. A few days off one year of treatment. ...

After whining to my ortho how I REALLY didn't want attachments, she explained a little more about why I need them. The attachments are not required for eliminating the black triangles, it's because my bite is off. I have a gap when I bite on the right side. From the front, everything looks great. Sh...

I am not happy! I have been waiting 7 weeks for my refinements. The clin check has come back and my ortho has now approved it. Basically I have to have 5 more aligners and 3 over corrections which I may or may not need. And quote "quite a bit more IPR" But the bit that made me almost burst...

My ortho switched me to 11 days per tray as Invisalign recommend 220 hours per aligner. So it cut my treatment time by 2.5 months! So 1 or 2 days early won't hurt and my teeth turned out just fine! I'm wearing my last aligner 24/24 awaiting my refinement trays. Man it's taking a long time! This alig...

Hi there Lilypad. I'm also on the way to retainersville and am going to get a permanent wire top and bottom after my refinement trays. Are you wearing a permanent retainer as well as a removeable one? How does that work? I've heard that teeth can still move with the permanent retainer but I am still...

Devushka I originally started wearing my aligners for 2 weeks. After 6 weeks, my ortho said I could cut down to 11 days. This cut 2 months off my treatment time. Because my teeth were responding so well to the treatment, this is why she said I could reduce the time. As for the refinements being only...

I have today completed 24/24 upper and lower aligners. I had my 7 attachments off (not painful but not pleasant either!) My teeth were reshaped and I am whitening those babies tonight. I have to wear my last aligner until the refinement trays are here. This will take about 4 weeks. I will need appro...

Glad you liked my name RenaissanceGurl! Well I'm on 24 and they look like the clin check but dont look right if you know what I mean. Next week I will have the attachments off (WHOOP WHOOP!) and my teeth levelled out and will commence whitening. The refinements are part of the initial payment, but s...

Glad you liked my name RenaissanceGurl! Well I'm on 24 and they look like the clin check but dont look right if you know what I mean. Next week I will have the attachments off (WHOOP WHOOP!) and my teeth levelled out and will commence whitening. The refinements are part of the initial payment, but s...

I'm at the end of 22/24 upper and lower and I am definitely going to need refinements. There is no way my teeth will be perfectly straight in 2 aligner's time. However, I am pleased with the results so far. I have developed a 1mil black triangle which will need fixing with IPR and new aligners. My d...

I was quoted 2 years in traditional braces, with 4 extractions. So 9 months and a bit of teeth shaving for Invisalign was a much better option for me. So far, so good and I should be done in 10 weeks. I have had my whole arch widened and my smile is very broad and full now. I'm very pleased with the...

I know that 9 months of treatment is pretty easy going, but as I'm nearing the final hurdle, I'm beginning to get impatient. I too only this week have had compliments on my teeth, one saying wow you have the nicest smile and teeth I've ever seen (with the aligners in they look great - not so great w...

Hi, is it me, or are any of you guys getting really impatient and just want this to be over now?! I haven't had any problems, pain, or real inconvenience, but now I'm fed up with brushing, flossing and gargling 5 times a day! I'm on 17/24 u/l and on my 11 day rotation, I will be done (pending refine...