I've just finished my first three weeks with aligner number one. The first few days were hard, my teeth felt very sensitive and the aligner felt very tight. The pain wasn't a painful pain ( if that makes sense ) it was just a dull ache. I knew the pain was good in a strange way as I knew that the pain meant that the aligners were moving my teeth.
My treatment plan meant that i would move onto the next aligner every third Thursday but I decided that I would move onto the next aligner every third Friday as it would give me the weekend off of work to get use to the new aligners & a few days for the soreness to subside before I go back to work on the Monday.
Wearing the aligners for 23 hours a day was harder than I thought, I didn't even realise how much I snack during the day and a lot of the time especially at work! I just can't be bothered to go to the toilet, take my aligners out go back to my desk, eat and then go back to the toilet to brush my teeth and put my aligners back in so I've definitely cut down on my snacking which is a good thing!
I've also found it difficult to brush my teeth when I'm out in public places like restaurants which has put me off of eating out which is a shame but it means I'm saving my pennies!
I haven't noticed that much of a change with my teeth yet. I guess I won't notice that much of a difference as I look at my teeth daily. Everyone around me said they've noticed a difference already especially with my upper front teeth which is nice to hear!
I've just finished aligner one and have just had a weekend of aligner two. I will update in three weeks time to let you all know how I'm getting on and the progress my teeth are making!
