Competition winner shares Invisalign treatment journey on blog

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Competition winner Naomi Jones won a brand new smile this summer and here she shares her journey, read her first two posts below:

Let me introduce myself…

Hi everyone,

My name is Naomi and I’m excited to share my Invisalign journey with you all.

I had crooked teeth as a child so ended up having your typical “train track” braces in my early teens. It didn’t take long for them to straighten my teeth out and they looked perfect, I constantly found myself smiling just to show them off. Sadly, despite wearing my retainer for the allotted time (and some) that my dentist recommended, they began to move back. I was devastated and envious of anyone with straight teeth, especially my sister. She had braces at around the same time as me but the dentist offered her a bonded retainer so her teeth have stayed put ever since. Sadly I wasn’t given that option and my teeth betrayed me!

Recently I was lucky enough to win Invisalign treatment from Comparethetreatment.com and Align Technology, something I could only ever dream of happening. As soon as I came across the competition online, I immediately entered my contact details despite believing that I would never win. So when I received an e-mail a short while after the closing date, I could not believe my luck!

I was super excited and eager to begin treatment however first needed to attend an initial consultation to deem if I would be eligible for the treatment. To say I was nervous is the understatement of the year. Waiting in the practice waiting room (which was beautiful, might I add) I felt like I was back at school waiting to see the headteacher, not that I ever had to… I was a good student, honest! I was just so worried that I was going to be told “sorry, I’m afraid you’re not eligible for the treatment” resulting in crooked teeth for the rest of my life. I waited with baited breath once the dentist has finished his examination of my teeth. Then came the news I was so desperately hoping for, he told me I was eligible and the treatment could commence imminently.

Since that initial consultation I have had several other appointments consisting of; x-rays to check the overall health of my teeth, impressions taken to be able to mold my aligners and even got to watch a pretty cool simulation showing the series of movements that my teeth will go through as the treatment progresses. Starting from the current position of my teeth, all the way to the final desired position in just a few seconds. Definitely one of the coolest things I have seen this year!

I’ve now got around 2 weeks to wait until my aligners arrive at the dentist and I am so excited, though also slightly nervous.

Keep a look out for an update soon!

Naomi x

The big day…

Good morning everyone.

It’s 9:20am and I am currently sat in the waiting room of the dental practice. I have my appointment for my first set of Invisalign aligners to be fitted in approximately 10 minutes from now.

I have lots of mixed feelings running through me from excitement to nervousness and even a slight pang of sadness. Why would I feel sad you might ask? Well, the truth is I just simply love food. I love being able to eat food whenever I like with no care in the world (I’m a serial snacker) but once I’ve got those bad boy aligners in, I know that will be a thing of the past. Invisalign need to be worn for around 22 hours a day, that leaves a mere 2 hours aligner free to have breakfast, lunch and dinner. No time for snacks if you’re a slow eater like myself.

Who knows, maybe no snacks could end up being beneficial as I may lose a bit of weight, never a bad thing when you’ve got some to spare OR I could turn into a right moody so and so and become hangry. I guess only time will tell but the clock is ticking so I better wrap this up and will be back in touch once I’ve had the aligners fitted.

Speak soon.

Naomi x

Check in again soon for her next updates!

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