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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm considering Invisalign to straighten my jumbled front lower teeth. I've talked to my dentist and am going to have a consult with an orthodontist, but I am also curious about the day-to-day details of using this method, especially while working. 
Does it take long to adjust to speaking with the aligners in? I'm starting a new job soon, so I'd hate to show up as a lisping or spitting dork.
Do people tend to notice you're wearing the aligners? Do you feel like it affected your professional appearance?
How hard was it adjust to not eating/drinking anything at all without first taking out the aligners and then brushing? I usually do best when I eat small frequent meals and I like to sip tea while I work, but I don't think I'm going to want to brush my teeth four times a day while at the office...
Any other practical details and adjustments you had to make?

(I couldn't decide if this was more medical or more appearance-related, so I went with Off-Topic...)[/quote]

First off, invisalign was one of the best things I ever did for myself. So the adjustment and minor inconveniences were totally 100% worth it. It is not forever (well, you have to wear it at night forever, but not during the day forever).

It did not take long to adjust to speaking with it. I had top only... I think if you are doing bottom only it won't impact you very much.

No one ever noticed me wearing the aligners unless/until I showed them.

I got out of the habit of brushing after each time I took the aligners out but it wasn't a huge deal to take them out to eat. I drank clear liquids with them in and toward the end of the two-weeks (you change them to new ones every two weeks) I would drink dark liquids like coke or beer with them in.

You will get used to it pretty quickly and the treatments are not tha tlong - mine was a year and that was considered unusally long... and like I said... totally worth it.

Good luck![/quote]

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