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by melandy
Mon Mar 08, 2010 7:19 am
Forum: Invisalign-type Braces (Clear Aligners)
Topic: Invisalign in the UK / London?
Replies: 25
Views: 11298

Hi, you will honestly get used to the attachments and they do get smoother as time goes by I still feel sick with each new alligner but I class that as a sign of my teeth getting use to moving and I have until this time next year so I wasnt expecting anything simple I have 7 attachments on the top a...
by melandy
Mon Mar 08, 2010 7:13 am
Forum: Invisalign-type Braces (Clear Aligners)
Topic: How long without Invisalign until the teeth relapse?
Replies: 17
Views: 25845

hi my dentist told me that after my invisilign treated has come to an end (not till around this time next year ! ) I will have to wear a similar device for 3 months - but with no attachments and then I will have to wear a night time retainer for my lifetime (which I havent a problem with at all ) se...
by melandy
Mon Jan 18, 2010 9:07 am
Forum: Invisalign-type Braces (Clear Aligners)
Topic: Invisalign Concerns
Replies: 17
Views: 11475

hiya I am on tray 4 at the mo and dont have a problem with them at all - I have 7 attachments on the top and 6 on the bottom and I would be lying if I said I can get them in and out easily - but I am getting better at it - I have had no problems with cuts or ulsers at all and I am now preferring to ...
by melandy
Tue Jan 05, 2010 3:58 pm
Forum: Invisalign-type Braces (Clear Aligners)
Topic: OUCH !! never have a hug without trays in I have fat lip and
Replies: 2
Views: 1337

haha its amazing how quick you learn with kids eh !!! my 8 year old daughter just wants to have a nosey at things and my boy - well I have to keep everything out of his way at the mo he is in a seek and destroy mode lol
by melandy
Tue Jan 05, 2010 3:04 pm
Forum: Invisalign-type Braces (Clear Aligners)
Topic: OUCH !! never have a hug without trays in I have fat lip and
Replies: 2
Views: 1337

OUCH !! never have a hug without trays in I have fat lip and

blood blister on top lip from where my three year old gave me a hug and I turned at the wrong moment and his head hit my mouth and my lip hit my attachment - didnt realise how nasty it could be bloody and swelling came quickly - haha son only gets hugs now when I have trays in !!! lol
by melandy
Tue Jan 05, 2010 3:00 pm
Forum: Invisalign-type Braces (Clear Aligners)
Topic: Tear/crack in tray?
Replies: 4
Views: 3840

hiya I have the same problem I have 7 attachments on the top and 6 on the bottom and I will be moving to tray 4 on Thursday and every tray I have had they split on my back teeth - not all the way just a split between teeth in each one of the trays I called my dentist straight away when I noticed it ...
by melandy
Sat Jan 02, 2010 8:18 am
Forum: Invisalign-type Braces (Clear Aligners)
Topic: Signed up...finally
Replies: 3
Views: 1361

never too old I started in November and I am due to have tray 4 fitted on Thurs and I will be grand old age of 40 in March :0) could never have afforded it before now and never wanted train tracks
by melandy
Sat Jan 02, 2010 3:29 am
Forum: Invisalign-type Braces (Clear Aligners)
Topic: teeth whitening
Replies: 8
Views: 2530

Wayhay !!! my teeth are definately whitening and the attachments are too which makes them look so much better still have a way to go with them but it does make me feel better about my teeth they may not be straight yet but they are getting whiter its nite white that I am using 16% - good luck to you...
by melandy
Sat Dec 12, 2009 2:04 pm
Forum: Invisalign-type Braces (Clear Aligners)
Topic: teeth whitening
Replies: 8
Views: 2530

hiya I saw my dentist on Thurs for my second set of alligners and he said he had just been away on a lecture with a top woman who dealt with invislign and whitening and she said that the whitening will whiten the attachments and the teeth below so he said I could start doing mine which I have (i hav...
by melandy
Sat Dec 12, 2009 1:23 am
Forum: Invisalign-type Braces (Clear Aligners)
Topic: Problems with Pre-molar rotations?
Replies: 5
Views: 1606

hiya this is my first time having my teeth straightened and I am on my second trays which are killing me but hey ho hopefully all worth it in the end I have 34 trays to go on Upper and 16 on lowers I have 7 attachements on the top and 6 on the lower so I think my teeth have a lot of work to do !! I ...
by melandy
Wed Dec 09, 2009 3:23 am
Forum: Invisalign-type Braces (Clear Aligners)
Topic: Question - is your alligner supposed to move away from ...
Replies: 3
Views: 1264

thanks I just didnt know whether I had stretched my alligners whilst trying to get them out as I have 7 attachments on the top and 6 on the bottom its a real struggle to twist and turn them to get them out !!
by melandy
Wed Dec 09, 2009 3:21 am
Forum: Invisalign-type Braces (Clear Aligners)
Topic: can your teeth really move in just 4 days ????
Replies: 3
Views: 1621

I know I am really pleased cant believe that I will have straight teeth one day soon (well I start tray 2 tomorrow so have a long way to go yet but I have started which is the main thing - dreading tomorrow a bit though I move to second trays and as I have 7 attachments on my top teeth and 6 on the ...
by melandy
Wed Dec 09, 2009 2:44 am
Forum: Invisalign-type Braces (Clear Aligners)
Topic: Attachments suck
Replies: 20
Views: 6579

attachments !!!!???!!?!?!

these things are a nightmare and I have butterflies in my belly already as I move to my second alligners tomorrow I have 7 attachments on the top and 6 on the bottom and find it a real pain to get alligners in and out they are a little easier now but I will have had them in for exactly 2 weeks tomor...
by melandy
Sat Dec 05, 2009 2:23 pm
Forum: Invisalign-type Braces (Clear Aligners)
Topic: Question - is your alligner supposed to move away from ...
Replies: 3
Views: 1264

Question - is your alligner supposed to move away from ...

hi I am over a week into my first set of alligners and they seem to have moved away from my teeth closest to the gums - is this supposed to happen or have I stretched them in some way whilst taking them in and out ???? Not sure if this happens as your teeth move - I have been very strict with myself...
by melandy
Mon Nov 30, 2009 3:00 am
Forum: Invisalign-type Braces (Clear Aligners)
Topic: can your teeth really move in just 4 days ????
Replies: 3
Views: 1621

can your teeth really move in just 4 days ????

HI I started invislign last Thursday morning (4 days ago) and already I am having difficulty flossing my teeth (just a few of them) I am finding it hard to get the floss in between them - could they (my teeth) really have moved that much in 4 days ??