Many patients have heard of the Invisalign™ invisible braces system. There are a few things you need to know about the Invisalign system; If you are considering this option for a teenager, its success very much rests on patient compliance. If you don’t wear your aligners as directed, continuously, all day (other than when eating and drinking) your results will take longer to achieve. Great for adults who understand future consequences, not so great for teenagers whose brain keeps them stuck in instant gratification mode! You may find yourself doing a large amount of nagging. They are more expensive than regular braces due ...
Unremarkable!
February 28th, 2012
As Henry progresses through his braces journey I find it quite an unremarkable experience! We attend our wire change appointments and have minor adjustments done as required, he is diligent with his brushing (which for a 16 year old boy is probably quite remarkable!), he wears his elastics as requested and strangely he does not complain…too much! I would regularly ask him about various tooth movements, or how things felt – complete with the knowledge myself of how each stage progressed – but typical of his age he was not particularly verbose in his replies. Similar thing when I asked his ...
Teen Braces – Use the Wax!
April 30th, 2011
Stubborn…I think that is the best word to describe him! But what would I know right? Henry has been suffering a little from the rear brackets rubbing on his cheeks as I did, and I am sure most other new braces wearers do too. “Use the wax Henry” I implored Obi-wan Kenobi style…but alas his rationale was that his mouth would toughen up and if he used the wax it would just be as bad when he didn’t use it. In theory that kind of makes sense, however from experience I know that using the wax gives you comfort from the ‘bits ...