Wednesday, February 26, 2014
Why yes, you say 22 attachments! Dam'n, dam'n, DAM'N!!!
Invisalign Tray 4/Week 1/Day 1 - OK. Tray 3 was gravy, so nothing to report there. I was happy, I had learned to sort of love my invisalign, after all, it WAS pretty invisible. Enter the Attachments. W…T…F…OK, the attachments themselves are not so horrible, although the process of bonding 22 of them to my teeth was long, not fun and sort of blew up the whole "invisible" thing. But, that daggone "countouring" or whatever it is they want to call grinding extra spaces in between your teeth in multiples of the most inhumane ways possible just shouldn't be allowed. Ever. Now, I hear they do this with regular braces now--which I had, and don't every recall anything so horrific: but the most I can say is…it's over, and I will NEVER EVER EVER allow that again (well, I will on Tray 23, because they have to do the top teeth, they only did the bottoms this time.
So what can I tell you? All of my attachments are in the front and on the sides. From about 5 feet plus they are not obvious. They are not visible in pics, even close up. From 3 feet or less, I look like I have an extra set of teeth on my teeth that look like the donkey from Shrek. I'm just sayin', they look like a set of Hill Billy teeth on top of my straight-ish teeth. Up close it looks like I have on some form of clear braces or a retainer. Which, I do! So, given the alternative is train tracks and not some better, less visible alternative, I will live with this for another 23 trays. Could be worse, I suppose. The attachments feel bumpy when I'm not wearing the aligners. Smooth, otherwise. Haven't tried eating in them yet because I'm pretty committed to my going 24 hours without removal tactic. It's worked thus far. Although…I'm kinda hungry. I actually just might chance it tonight!
However, Invisalign, in my case you should REALLY call yourself Sortavisalign…#justsayin'!
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