Well, today was my first initial appointment to visit my Orthodontist for the impressions to begin my Invisalign treatment. I was dreaming all last night of having my teeth pulled out so was rather nervous when I got there. My appointment was 1.15 and I was taken immediately for thorough photographing and xrays of all my teeth, jaws, gums and profile. Still a little nervous at this point but the orthodontist(whom I will name Mr B) was great as were the assistants.
After having my teeth thoroughly examined, prodded and poked,I had my first impressions done; not pleasant but in no way painful, although I began to think my dreams of having all my teeth extracted were happening when Mr B tried to remove them!!!!!
Impressions are done on top and bottom sets of teeth; having someone pressing putty like substance in my mouth whilst pushing my tongue back and just waiting..... and waiting.....and waiting until it sets. Then another set of impressions are done for finer detail to send to Invisalign. Then another set of impressions are done on my bottom teeth because I have an 'inbetween' sized bottom row of teeth that the dental trays didn't fit properly, hence another appointment booked for 2 weeks time for more impressions!! Oh the joys!!! Saying that, I am VERY excited at the prospect of straight teeth in 20 months time!
The dental assistant printed out the photographs of my teeth (not a pleasant sight) and also put them on a disc to upload onto here, what a star! The only downside to todays appointment was me having to stop talking and remain still for such a long period of time, a challenge in itself as my other half will happily confirm. Oh,and the dint in my savings when I paid the deposit for my treatment!
All I can say is that by 3pm my jaw was aching slightly but I was much more at ease with the treatment. I have a lot of crowding of my bottom teeth and some teeth out of line on the top which I am hoping will be near perfect when complete. When I get the braces, they have to be worn for 22/23 hours a day and changed for new ones every 2/3 weeks. I cannot eat or drink anything only cold water with them in and after removal for eating and drinking any other substance,must brush, floss, rinse and also clean the trays. Blimey! It's going to take some serious commitment but should be well worth it. Apparently the only severe discomfort is when you initially insert the first set of trays and each time you change them afterwards...... so pretty much a whole lot of time by the sounds of things.
After my next couple of appointments I receive a video disc of how the treatment starts and how it will look complete in digital images. I will post this video to my blog. Overall, very happy with my first appointment and looking forward to the next one.
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