Hello and welcome.  A journey started to the perfect smile?. Within a small group of tennis playing friends it seems suddenly a number of us had come to the conclusion that action was needed, things needed to be taken in hand and there was no more time to lose…..teeth and tennis was to be for a time our mutual obsession

And so another form of competition was born – Invisalign v Lingual braces…..which system would perform the best and win the day and produce the best result. This is our story.

 I decided last year to go for the Invisalign system and am now finally having taken the plunge just before Christmas on Day 17 of my Invisalign braces, and have just started Tray no 2…….of 50. My treatment could take 2 years. I chose the Invisalign system as I really liked the idea that they could easily be popped out, and so for eating and evenings out I could be braces free. I really like the computer generated models that are part of the package so that you can play a short movie of the progress- over and over and over again!. I was very nervous about the buttons or attachments of which I have about 12, and negotiated with my dentist NOT to have them on my front teeth, so I hope this will not affect progress. One fell off yesterday however and I assume I must have swallowed it….gulp. It was put back on today, however with no fuss in 10 minutes. I am struggling with my S’s still, and I wonder if this is going to continue? I have taken them out to give presentations. The “Invisalign diet” is working – as I just cannot be bothered to take them in and out, in and out, in and out. So far no pain at all, but at the moment I hate having them in my mouth – and just want them OUT………..2 years sssseems a very very long time” Liz