Hi friends! Y’all might remember that I had Invisalign a few months ago because I really wanted to straighten out some of my teeth that used to be pretty darn perfect on their own but had started shifting over the past couple of years. It was something I really wanted to fix before it continued to get worse because my smile was always something I really took pride in and from which I felt confidence. I think this is the case with many people!! I mean your smile makes the first impression, right?! So I chose to have my Invisalign Treatment in Charlotte done by the best, Dr. Webb at Clearsmile Orthodontics. You can read my previous posts on my treatment here.
Invisalign Treatment in Charlotte
Now that I am done with treatment, I wanted to write a final post about my experience for all the others out there that might be debating getting them or not. I began my treatment on 5/30/2017 and completed my treatment on 10/3/2017. That is four months of wearing the clear aligners to correct the issues I was having with my smile. That is crazy fast!! I went into it thinking I would have to wear for much longer, possibly a year even, so only having worn them for four months was amazing.
Before & After Pictures
(Get ready to be all up in my business with these pics and excuse the mugshot pictures, they tell you not to smile!! LOL)
Here are my before photos:
And here are my after photos:
As you can see, my bottom teeth were very crooked in the front due to crowding, and a similar issue was happening to the top of my teeth. My top teeth were what I really cared about since that is what you could see when I smiled. Here is a picture with an example of my teeth taken a couple of years before I started treatment…and it had only gotten worse. But this is the best picture I can find to describe it.
You can see how the front tooth was starting to shift over the one next to it and it caused a shadow and an unevenness with my smile that I wasn’t very happy with.
Here’s a picture now of my smile…nice & even!!
Final Thoughts on my Invisalign Treatment
One thing I really loved about having my treatment done at Clearsmile was that I really felt like I was in the drivers seat in terms of my results and what I wanted, and Dr. Webb made it all happen. Going into this I knew I just wanted to fix that one tooth on top that was shifting and then straighten back out the bottom teeth. I was given 25 trays of clear aligners that I changed every 5 days. I used my AcceleDent device at least 20 minutes everyday (it helps accelerate treatment, you can read the post about that here.) After my initial set of trays, I had the option of continuing treatment with what is known as the “refinement” trays…basically they totally perfect your teeth and I was going to have 15 of those trays. But since my personal goal was to just get my teeth back to where they were before they started shifting, I was very happy with my results from the first set of aligners so I talked with Dr. Webb about it. He said his goal is to make me happy with my smile, so if I was happy, he was happy! So we took the attachments off of my teeth that day and I had the bonded metal retainers put on. You can see them in my after photos. I also wear clear retainers just at night to keep the teeth in place and I take them out in the morning. I can also use those same retainers for whitening by just putting the whitening gel right into the retainers. You get that free with the Groupon deal…mentioned below!
So if you’re looking for Invisalign Treatment in Charlotte, Clearsmile Orthodontics is hands down the best place to go. I wholeheartedly recommend them and they even have an amazing Groupon offer going on too which will save you some money!! And if you mention my name, you will get an additional $50 off treatment. Now is the time!! If you’re like me, in 4 months, you could be done!
If you have any questions, leave them below or feel free to email me!
xo,
Bess
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