Wish me luck ladies.......

[~Jayne~]

I am too scared to tell him yet. I have 'tentatively' booked in for 29 Sept to get all the mouldings & scans & stuff taken, so at least i have time in between then to talk to Alan & make a decision.

I'm glad he sounded good to you, I was still breathless over the 'dont wear the retainer on the night you want to get a bit' comment! The rest just glazed over! LOL

[Janie]

Ah, but I'm a meanie, I would tell you you have to wear the retainer ALL the time for 12 months, and then EVERY night for the next 12 months!!!! Hehe. Once you've gone through all of that, you want those teeth to stay put, never mind getting a bit !

[~Jayne~]

I know! for $5500 my teeth need to be superglued in place!

[StrawberryMumma]

What a cheeky man!!

Good luck with it all!

Oh, and why don't people seem to like invisalign? what were the reasons he said?

[Janie]

Lee, Invisalign is really only effective for a very small amount of patients. For those it is appropriate for, it is a good system, but as those people are few and far between, alot of orthodontists don't use the system. And TBH, you can usually get faster (and possibly better) results with traditional appliances anyway.

[~Jayne~]

LEE _ He didn't actually give me a definitive answer, only he doesn't endorse the product or know how to use the product but said the best & most effective way to straighten teeth is with actual braces, but he did have a colleague in the practice who was trained with that product & I could freely go to him if I wanted. He didn't say the product was good, bad or otherwise, just that it wasn't his 'field' basically. So I'm none the wiser as well, but Janie had steered me clear anyway

[StrawberryMumma]

Hey Jayne, I just noticed you are in Perth- which ortho are you going to?