Sunday, May 20, 2012

Starting the Journey

Well I'm starting this journey and I'm very excited!  I've wanted to straighten my teeth for a while now and I now have the opportunity to do it.  I debated between braces and Invisalign for a while but decided on Invisalign for a few reasons:

Looks - I'm in my 30s and have a career where I interact with various people throughout the day.  I just didn't want to have to wear the silver braces.  I have no problem when other people do it, to each his own.  It just wasn't for me at this time in my life.
Time - I've been told by a few orthodontists that straightening my teeth is a simple case and that I shouldn't have the braces on for long.  However, everyone that I know that has had "simple" cases, and "shouldn't have to wear their braces for long" have had to wear them for 2 years or longer.  I've heard that the Invisalign time is close to what the dentist says up front.
Convenience - From what I understand, there are a list of things that folks can't eat when wearing braces.  So to avoid all of that, I went with Invisalign.

So, right or wrong, these are the reason that I chose Invisalign.  We will see if it will be worth it to have gotten them over braces!

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