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Not much to update really. I have been getting on fine with them, I am surprised how normal it feels now to have them in. In fact I have to actually check they are in!

They come out so easily when its time to change, each set is cleaned and kept. I am glad I am on a 10 day cycle as about 7 days in I think I could change and 14 days would feel like forever!

Had the 4th set in for about a week, changing to set 5 on Saturday.

My lowers are def on their ...

I got my aligners yesterday! I have to admit they felt rather tight. I am very impressed with how invisible they actually are! Silly I know but they really are almost invisible!

Although its not painful I can feel pressure on certain teeth and my bite feels strange. Its that horrible ache that you just wish would go away but isn't really enough to moan about. I was warned by my ortho about this!

At my appointment I was shown my aligners and he popped them in so I could ...

Oh the excitement of the clincheck!

3 weeks after I had my initial consultation and impressions done/photos taken my clincheck was ready. Sent a sneaky e-mail to my ortho end of last week just checking it was ready and found out he had already done some tweaking with Invisalign to improve the process and movement.

This appointment lasted about 20 minutes and was more of a progress update. My uppers will take about 7 and a half month and the lowers about 5 months based ...

Well I had my first invisalign consultation end of April and it went really well!

The background: I went through years of dental treatment as a teenager including removeable braces, fixed braces and a head brace (only worn at night thankfully!). I pushed to have the braces off sooner than I probably should have and the retainers were not strong enough to stop my teeth all pushing forwards when my wisdom teeth came through.

Now: I am mid-twenties and my lovely smile ...