Full of excitement, I returned to Proud Smile in Hope Island for the real-deal Invisalign activation with Dr. Erwin Vasconcelos. In this session, he bonded those discreet tooth-colored attachments onto my teeth with precision, then slid on my inaugural set of clear aligners. The initial feel? Like a firm hug from your orthodontist—tight and unfamiliar, but that's the magic starting to work on my malocclusion.
Dr. Erwin tweaked the attachments with a quick file for smoother handling and broke down the insertion technique: uppers get the thumb-finger squeeze from the molars forward; lowers require a gentle fingernail lift to pop them off. It's a learning curve, no doubt—clumsy at first, but the payoff of straighter teeth and better bite alignment keeps me hooked. Once home, I conquered my first independent insert. This moderate 19-week plan to expand my arches is rolling, and I'm geared up for the ride.
If dental journeys or smile upgrades spark your interest, follow for unfiltered progress and share in the comments: what's your go-to hack for aligner care?
#Invisalign #Orthodontics #TeethAlignment #DentalJourney #SmileUpgrade #ClearBraces #BiteCorrection #ProudSmileHopeIsland
Dr. Erwin tweaked the attachments with a quick file for smoother handling and broke down the insertion technique: uppers get the thumb-finger squeeze from the molars forward; lowers require a gentle fingernail lift to pop them off. It's a learning curve, no doubt—clumsy at first, but the payoff of straighter teeth and better bite alignment keeps me hooked. Once home, I conquered my first independent insert. This moderate 19-week plan to expand my arches is rolling, and I'm geared up for the ride.
If dental journeys or smile upgrades spark your interest, follow for unfiltered progress and share in the comments: what's your go-to hack for aligner care?
#Invisalign #Orthodontics #TeethAlignment #DentalJourney #SmileUpgrade #ClearBraces #BiteCorrection #ProudSmileHopeIsland
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00:00Today is the day I'm finally going to be getting my Invisalign trays.
00:05So if you've been following my dental journey, you'll know it's been a bit of a journey to get this malocclusion fixed.
00:12But the benefits of getting your malocclusion fixed is fairly significant actually.
00:16And I learnt a new one last time I visited and that's it can even improve your breathing.
00:22So it can improve your bite obviously, it can improve your ability to clean your teeth.
00:27And it can also try and help prevent long-term damage like uneven wear and tear on your teeth, which I do have a lot of.
00:36And also hopefully prevent cracked teeth.
00:38So I'm going to go into Proud Smile to see Dr Irwin again.
00:43And today I'm actually going to be getting the trays that are going to now go into my mouth.
00:48And I imagine he's going to probably put these little adhesives on my teeth too, where the Invisalign trays are going to be sitting.
00:55So quick brush of teeth before I go, because after all, it is still visiting a dentist.
01:25So we have our trusty tool with us again.
01:44And I'm actually a bit nervous.
01:47Like, basically I think today is going to be the day I'm going to feel what these trays are going to be like actually in my mouth.
01:55I hope they're not too bulky.
02:00Hello.
02:01The whole family, yes.
02:04Come on, daddy.
02:05Well, I'm excited today.
02:09So I'm getting the, yes.
02:12Come on, here we go.
02:14Take a seat, please.
02:14Yes.
02:16Thank you so very much for this.
02:18I am, um, I am excited.
02:21I'm a bit nervous too, though.
02:23Whoa.
02:24Is that, is that my box or is that?
02:26No, that's my box.
02:27I thought that was a present for me.
02:30Come on.
02:31No, that's a good idea.
02:32You should start doing it.
02:33Yeah, I'm good.
02:34Anyway, I'm good at my box.
02:36Um, this is your plan, so today you're going to be gluing these things.
02:41Yes.
02:42They are tooth colored though, so it's not pink.
02:45And we're going to try tray number one and if I didn't kiss that tooth, it's okay.
02:51So the fact is it's not today, it's fairly simple.
02:53It's fairly simple.
02:54And then I'll give you probably five or six aligners between six weeks of treatment.
03:00Okay, yeah.
03:00And you just change yourself every week.
03:02And then they're different sizes each week.
03:04Different sizes.
03:04So each week it's a new increment of force to move the teeth.
03:10Okay.
03:11And then I'll come back and see you.
03:12Then you're going to head back and you're going to check if everything's progressing well.
03:15Yep.
03:16And then I'll give you more aligners at that time.
03:18All right.
03:19Okay.
03:19Let's do this.
03:20So make this a chance.
03:21Let's turn on this, right?
03:22Half off.
03:23Would that be nice?
03:23I don't know.
03:25I don't know.
03:26I think you can't find us.
03:27I know.
03:27I saw this with my head outside.
03:29That's quite funny.
03:30I saw this with my head outside.
03:30I saw this with my head outside.
03:31I saw this with my head outside.
03:32I saw this with my head outside.
03:33So every time you look in my mouth, if there's a massive bit of decay starting, can you alert
03:39me to that?
03:39Oh yeah, yeah.
03:40Definitely.
03:40I'm always nervous.
03:42I try and look after my teeth so well, but I'm always nervous when it's like a second
03:47year old.
03:47So this doesn't hurt at all.
03:59I'll give you some now.
03:59No.
04:00No needle, no bang, open.
04:04Oh, well that's unusual from my bedroom.
04:08Enjoy it all.
04:09Oh, I'm going to say enjoy the TV.
04:11You won't do anything.
04:12Let's play.
04:13Oh, it's great.
04:15Do you know what I love?
04:16I love Fire Fire Lime on Netflix.
04:19I love Fire Fire Lime on Netflix.
04:49Who changed this?
05:09Who changed this?
05:11I'm thinking that was it, that big thing.
05:27This is what you're going to do today.
05:30Pretty much this, but we're going to do a few.
05:33Not much, but some.
05:35Yeah.
06:05I'm going to do it with me.
06:09A.
06:11B.
06:13C.
06:15Let's go write some letters, guys.
06:19Come on, guys.
06:21Have you seen any of my alphabet letters, guys?
06:25Yes, thank you.
06:39Bye.
06:41B.
06:43C.
06:45F.
06:47Now let's go write the other letters.
06:51A.
07:01A.
07:03A.
07:05A.
07:07A.
07:09A.
07:11A.
07:13A.
07:15A.
07:17A.
07:19so
07:37ah
07:49Okay, can you help me one more?
07:56Yeah, I keep it on the wire.
07:59Okay.
08:02I can't go, guys.
08:13I can't go, guys.
08:19I can't go, Wendy.
08:20I can't go, Wendy.
08:21Yeah.
08:25Watch out, Wendy.
08:28Yeah, I got it.
08:29Yay!
08:30It doesn't look cute, guys.
08:32Thank you, baby, Uncle.
08:34No problem.
08:35Bye, Wendy.
08:36Bye.
08:39N.
08:41O.
08:43T.
08:44T.
08:47Q.
08:48T.
08:49T.
08:50T.
08:51T.
08:52T.
08:53T.
08:54T.
08:55Y'all can't do a lot of buttons.
08:57T.
08:58T.
08:59T.
09:00T.
09:01T.
09:02T.
09:03T.
09:04T.
09:05T.
09:06T.
09:07T.
09:08T.
09:09T.
09:10T.
09:11T.
09:12T.
09:13T.
09:14T.
09:15T.
09:16T.
09:26T.
09:27T.
09:28T.
09:29T.
09:30T.
09:31T.
09:32T.
09:33T.
09:34T.
09:35I'm going to get it for you.
09:47Okay.
09:49I thought I'd be on it.
09:53Okay, I'm going to get it.
09:57Bye!
09:59Oh, come on.
10:07Is it dissolving or something?
10:09It dissolving or something.
10:11Sometimes when you place in and take out,
10:15it can follow up.
10:19But the treatment can have to continue.
10:29Okay.
10:31Okay.
10:41What?
10:45Okay.
10:51Wow.
15:25Oh, I understand.
15:26At the moment, as you can see, the tray is to go in all of these things in one go.
15:32It's like flossing.
15:33It's hard to find it to floss.
15:35Oh, I understand.
15:36So to remove the tray, the tray is to go on the back cheek first.
15:42So you can use those two fingers.
15:44Yeah.
15:44So you go like there and pull it down.
15:50Oh, I know.
15:51And then you just like the other side and then you go to the front and start.
15:57I feel like I take a big pull out.
16:00I know.
16:01That's how I feel.
16:02Trust me, you will not.
16:03You know.
16:04You are right there to remove the tray.
16:04You have to remove the tray.
16:05You have to remove the tray.
16:06If it was easier to remove the tray, then it would be easier to go to the tray.
16:09I think it's a very good tray.
16:10Yeah.
16:11So to put it in, I think it's easier to go on this section first.
16:15If I really can't manage these, could they do an even looser tray to start, or is this
16:40the loss?
16:41After losing of the tray, it's just the tray being able to grab all of the two in one
16:46box.
16:47In one box.
16:48But when you try, the attachment of this lock makes it a bit hard.
16:50Yeah, I understand.
16:51Let me smooth off this attachment in here.
16:57Oh!
16:58Nice time.
17:11Nice.
17:12Nice.
17:12Yeah.
17:25I have a nice place that you have.
17:32Go!
17:33Go.
17:34氏
17:35That already felt good when it's a little bit easier.
17:54Yeah.
17:55And then the bottom, let's try the back taste better.
18:05So you have to be sure I can't hold my taste out.
18:11I am.
18:12Let me round up.
18:35So for the bottom, if you look in the mirror, that triangle on the right side of it.
18:42So you are lined up too.
18:44Try it.
18:45So.
18:46Wow.
18:47Wow.
18:48There it is.
18:49Yeah.
18:50Yellow.
18:51Yeah.
18:52Yellow.
18:53Yellow.
18:54Yeah.
18:58Yellow.
19:12so there will be a little bit of practicing yeah to make this happen so then every time
19:31you're going to need something your brush will need to remove them and put it back on
19:35yeah i can see why i can't fall in height yeah you can see it all right i might go
19:40on a liquid diet would that work can you drink a lot of protein shakes and stuff yeah you can drink
19:49most clean drinks with the tray in your mouth you just can't do uh very hot drinks because the heat
19:57obviously changes the plastic oh okay makes it more there is also a little tool that we're going to give
20:03it to you it's like a book and then you can um to make it easy to remove oh okay this is
20:12cheers and i'm going to grab them oh this is yours oh let's love a nice bag thank you
20:18i thought i was in that big box this is for you too after you put the tray on yep you're going to get
20:26a lot of protein and bite me that will then help sit the tray and push it against the teeth so
20:33it's important that the tray is covering to completely yeah and then this is a removal tool
20:42so you can use this thing on the edge of the tray and pull it down oh right sometimes it's hard to do it
20:49it's hard to do with your fingers it's like it's easy to do in front of the mirror as well yeah
21:01so you bring up the front of the mirror and then you try to hold the thing you can try with your
21:05fingers first because i do find myself i find it easy with the fingers for something like that
21:10okay but there'll be a check you'll be spending a few minutes doing what i understand so once you
21:18gotta deal with it it happens fairly quickly okay yep oh look thank you i am too excited to be
21:24starting with jerry so that one there is number one okay i'm going to give you six
21:30what about fillings though like um hopefully no fillings will come out no the only thing that comes
21:44out sometimes is the actual attachment that i place okay but that's if that turns out we'll just put
21:49anyone so that one is number one and then you're going to go through two three four five six oh right
21:55and then three four five six okay when you finish with them just put them back in the bags and save
22:10them for now oh okay because sometimes you could use a tray or something you need to go back instead
22:16yeah so yeah sure and then it comes with a little case once once i've finished with them though how do i
22:23just i just i've brushed them one last time you can brush everything you brush your teeth you can brush them
22:28brush them yeah okay and then there's a little case
22:37which is like that you need to put them inside oh when you go out yeah okay okay well thank you so much
22:46can i can i can just ask you where you're going to get to eat now yeah
22:51can you take them out yes i can just see myself
22:58and my daughter wants to get to
23:00somewhere and i'll be out there in the bathroom for like an hour trying to get them out yeah
23:04sorry sorry can you do it as i sit up and you want me to sit down
23:09that didn't even seem so bad that what the third time it came out
23:31um thank you sorry it'll be fine
23:40in there okay thank you because i think i'll um practicing putting them in will help me then take
23:47them out i think yeah excuse for sure yeah yeah okay oh yeah yeah because i think just taking them
23:54mail i might struggle yeah but if i put them in then i think you'll help me i'll smiley make friends
24:10with them today yeah this afternoon thank you very very much i really appreciate this look i'm excited to
24:19start with a beautiful little case thank you thank you yes if you have any and the chillies are on the
24:27side as well if you have any questions oh and the one though chillies chillies i love our biking
24:32oh yes yeah to my show yeah if you have any questions just call out our session they may be able to give
24:38some instructions if you're struggling with anything so yeah we'll be fine we'll be just fine thank you
24:44very much all right so we're going to walk you to come back then in six weeks six weeks i'll be here
24:50with already straighter teeth yes a little bit straighter i want to see you again i better get my son too
24:57thank you thank you thanks for your time um yes good they feel a bit like yeah well i do and i'm
25:08actually worried about putting them in and out first because they've got a mold around quite a few
25:13crooked teeth yeah yeah how did you go with just putting them in and then how do you go pulling them
25:27out if you are just getting nailed did you actually use the hook no i know i was wondering that i might
25:38just yeah he's one thing that's done yeah well that would make it easy and you can pull out any
25:45tape no you can't it feels like you are though i don't think that you'll do is that little buttons
25:52they might come up yeah yeah i wasn't on the button yeah yeah like yes sorry
26:00so it's going to be six weeks yeah six six
26:04well i have to admit that getting the um adhesives on was a little bit more intensive
26:11than i was expecting and he even adjusted the adhesive with a drill i did not think i was going
26:17to see a drill in on but i mean it wasn't on my teeth it was just on the adjustment and the trays do
26:22feel really tight on and it's going to take a bit of practice i can imagine putting them on and off
26:27but anyway i have well and cruelly started now so um i am excited it is going to take a little bit
26:34of an adjustment it's a bit of a new routine but um we've got this
26:41okay i am back from proud smile with my bag of goodies i have got the adhesives on my teeth i have
27:02to say that getting those put on was actually a little bit more traumatic than i expected i thought
27:07it was just going to be some little um sticker that they put on the side of your teeth but
27:11it was a little bit more intense than that like they put some sort of metal thing i think on my
27:16teeth as they put it on and and then um the dentist even drilled a little bit of the back um just to
27:23smooth it out a little bit so anyway in my bag i've also got gloves because i'm going to be wearing
27:29gloves i think when i put them in and out these are the um two things that i'll um that's why i've got
27:35the scissors i'm going to unwrap those this is my um this is already open so i've already got one
27:41set of trays this is for the next five weeks and they're all numbered um two three four five six
27:49sorry for the next six weeks they're all numbered so i've actually got seven weeks
27:54i know one two three four five six six weeks in total sorry so the first one has already been open
28:01in the dentals um in the in the dental chair dr erwin already put them in and out but here they are
28:10hi cookie and i have my toddler obviously so i better hurry um and here's the hook thing that they've
28:17given me to take them on and off so in here we have the um here we have my open ones that i am this is
28:31gonna this is the first time i am trying to put these on at home so i i'm to be honest i'm a bit nervous
28:38they're they're trickier well there they are that's lovely they're sort of like in a little heart
28:46alignment there um all right so here goes i'm going to unwrap these because these are when you pop the
28:55trays in you then bite down on these so that they like fit with this snug but i have to say this is
29:04a little bit nervy i don't know how complicated these are going to be they were even hard when dr
29:12firwin was putting them in so all right so and now of course to work out which is the top which is the bottom
29:27oops
29:34i think this is
29:50i think this is the top so let's have a go
30:04oh
30:18i think i'm going in
30:30i have to say this is a bit awful
30:42i actually think that's in
30:45that actually wasn't too bad i was expecting a bit more of a battle i also think that's in now for the
30:52bottom
30:53one hand dr erwin gave me is to start at the back on the side so that's what i'm kind of trying to do
31:15oh
31:15oh they're in now i have to say that wasn't actually quite as bad as i thought so
31:28yeah i think they're improperly and now what i'm going to do yeah okay so that wasn't quite as
31:36bad as i feared because as dr erwin was putting them putting them in he was really
31:42sort of fiddling around with them i think it's a bit like when the dentist flosses your teeth for
31:46you it's a lot more awkward but you kind of know your teeth better so it's a bit easier i think that's
31:51maybe the case within invisalign that that you do know your teeth so um well that's good news like
31:57hopefully for anyone else getting invisalign it may not be quite as bad putting the trays in when
32:02you get home as you fear i thought it was going to be really bad that wasn't too bad now i'm gonna bite
32:07down on these okay okay so biting down on these really pushes them in like really firmly so
32:28i mean it's not too bad there is a bit of pressure it you do feel pressure and obviously
32:33speaking you'll speak with a bit of a lisp at first until you get used to it and your your
32:40tongue gets used to where it's gonna go hi love all right mommy will come out i've got my new
32:46invisalign's in so okay it wasn't too bad so anyway this is going to be my new routine um i wear them all
32:55the time basically except when i'm eating and then um i brush them just with toothpaste and a toothbrush
33:01it when i whenever i brush my main teeth so there you go not too bad getting them in
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