00:00That's pretty much my life at the moment, my new routine with these Invisalign aligners in.
00:08So I'm about to go out and I wanted to show you my Day Tooth Kit.
00:32So anyone that's following this channel knows I'm on an Invisalign journey at the moment.
00:36So I'm wearing my Invisalign clear aligners at the moment.
00:40So when you're out and about during the day, you're going to want to take something with you to look after your aligners
00:46because you're going to have to take them out to eat during the day.
00:49So this is what I use. I have Xylitol mints with me.
00:53So this is what's in my kit. This is what I'll carry around wherever I'm going.
00:57These mints are excellent. Xylitol has got so many benefits for teeth.
01:01I will use these mints whether I'm wearing aligners or not because Xylitol can try and fight the bacteria that causes cavities in your mouth.
01:09And it also helps facilitate remineralization from either your saliva or from a remineralizing paste that you might be using,
01:18which I am using and I'm going to show you that in a minute, but the benefits of Xylitol fatigue are extensive.
01:24You can look it up. And so I do use Xylitol mints.
01:27So that's in my kit. I'll pop that there.
01:30Now, the next thing that's in my kit is you can use whatever container you want, but I do use the container that came with the actual Invisalign kit.
01:41Basically, this is the little case that came with my aligners.
01:45And so what I'll do is whenever I eat something, I'll take the aligners out, give them a rinse in cold water,
01:52and I'll just pop them temporarily in this case while I eat something.
01:56And then when I've finished eating and I'm ready to put them back in, I'll obviously get them out of this case.
02:01So I do carry this case around.
02:03But look, any container I imagine that you want to bring would do the trick.
02:08So if I'm in a situation where I can brush my aligners when they come out.
02:15I mean, you know, if I'm visiting a friend or if you're in a workplace and you feel that you want to have a brush,
02:21you can always have a brush with you. You don't have to.
02:25This is, I hate saying it, it's a denture brush.
02:30I did actually buy it just for my aligners because it's got that curve in it here.
02:35And I do find that it actually brushes the aligners quite well.
02:39So it wasn't my finest moment buying a denture brush, but thankfully it's not for dentures.
02:45It is for my Invisalign aligners.
02:47So I do carry this brush around if I'm in a situation where I can brush them.
02:52Now, this is, so this is just a personal choice for me.
02:56I actually use food, food handling gloves to take my Invisalign aligners out and to put them back in.
03:04To me, it just feels a little bit more hygienic.
03:07I know my hands, obviously, when you're out and about shopping, whatever.
03:12No matter how well I wash my hands, I don't really like putting my hands in my mouth that much.
03:17So I use these little food handling gloves.
03:20So I'll always just carry a pair around with me.
03:22And this is probably my best friend at the moment for wearing these aligners.
03:28And you might even see a little bit of white still in my aligners from when I just popped them in this morning.
03:35But I carry this GC Tooth Mousse.
03:38You can use any remineralizing paste or gel of your choice.
03:42But GC Tooth Mousse contains calcium and phosphate and it is actually remineralizing your teeth.
03:50So it is putting those minerals back in your teeth.
03:53And this will work where your saliva might be lacking.
03:56People use it if they've got dry mouth.
03:58Because when you're wearing aligners, you're not getting that natural saliva flow over your teeth that you would normally during the day.
04:06So this is where this comes in.
04:09And I actually put it inside my aligners so that mousse is against my teeth all the time while I'm wearing them.
04:17So when I take them out, I'll rinse them off in cold water.
04:21Don't ever use hot water because hot water can warp them.
04:24Pop them in the case, eat something.
04:26Then when I finish eating, I'll, you know, rinse off my mouth.
04:29You don't want obvious food particles in your mouth when you're putting these back in.
04:32And then before I put my aligners back in, I'm going to line them with my GC Tooth Mousse and then pop them back in.
04:42So to take them out, this was what my dentist told me.
04:46And this obviously is not medical advice.
04:48Always follow your health professional or dentist's advice for your situation.
04:54But for my situation, what my dentist advised is to start at the back.
04:58So I start on the top right hand side here and I sort of squeeze the aligner and then pull it down with my teeth.
05:06And then I'll just sort of, you know, work my way around and pull it from the front.
05:11And the back, the bottom, sorry, the bottom is trickier.
05:16I'll again start from the back and really sort of pinch it up.
05:19And the kit does come with a plastic hook that you can use to try and lift them up.
05:24But I don't use the hook.
05:26I just use my finger then to work them up and over my teeth.
05:30So it's a bit awkward.
05:33And this is actually week two of these aligners now.
05:37So yeah, the aligners are tight and awkward basically.
05:43So you can see I started from the back and work my way around to the front.
06:04And that sort of clicking and all that cracking sound.
06:07Don't worry, you're not pulling your teeth out.
06:09My dentist did reassure me that you will not pull your teeth out.
06:12And you can probably see there's still a little bit of that tooth mousse in there,
06:16which has been against my teeth the whole time I've been wearing this.
06:20So I'll pop these aside and I'll take these bottom ones out.
06:30There we go.
06:31And then, and then that's out.
06:32And then, now I'm just going to rinse them in cold water and use my brush.
06:36Okay, so I've taken them out.
06:38So I'm just going to rinse them in cold water.
06:41Don't use hot because hot can warp the plastic.
06:48And in fact, even wearing these if you have a too hot drink is apparently not a good idea either.
06:54And then, if I am in a situation where I can brush them, I'll just use the brush.
07:00And you can see how well this brush kind of curves into the shape of the aligner.
07:10I brush these with toothpaste twice a day.
07:16But when I'm out and about, because we're talking about my day tooth kit,
07:21I don't re-toothpaste with me during the day.
07:24Okay, so then I'll just give them a really good shake out so they're not too wet.
07:29And then I'll just pop them back into this case.
07:34Oops.
07:40There.
07:41So they're in there.
07:45So that's done.
07:46And then I'll just be able to eat something.
07:48And then obviously I'll just pop, you know, all this back in my little, I've got my tooth mousse there.
07:53Just pop the brush back in there.
07:55And I've got my mint.
07:57Now, often what I'll do, as soon as I take out the aligners as well, I'll have a little bit of granular xylitol if I'm here at home.
08:03Just as I'm taking the aligners out, just to get that saliva flowing.
08:07But if I'm out and about with my day kit, I'll just have a mint.
08:11Pretty much as soon as I've taken the aligners out.
08:14Because that just gets that saliva flowing, moistens your mouth and, you know, it just feels good after you take out the aligners.
08:22Then I'll eat something.
08:25So, you know, that will be half an hour or so.
08:28And then I'll show you what I do before, always before putting the aligners in.
08:34First, I'll rinse out my mouth with water so that there's not obvious bits of food, like I said earlier.
08:40And then this is probably, probably the best trick that I'm happy that I'm doing with these aligners.
08:49And that is my tooth mousse.
08:51So, I'll just take the aligners out of the case.
08:54You know, give them another shake out.
08:56You don't want too much water in the aligners when you're putting this tooth mousse in.
09:01Because otherwise the tooth mousse can get a little bit sort of, it won't really grip inside the aligner as well.
09:07So then what I'll do is I will squeeze a little bit of this tooth mousse in here.
09:15So you can see how the tooth mousse is slippery because the aligner is a little bit wet still.
09:19And then I'll just use my finger and I'll pop on another pair of gloves after eating to do this.
09:28I'll just spread the mousse through the aligner, just in a few spots.
09:35So it's sort of got, and that'll, that'll sort of spread a little bit when I put them in.
09:42Oh man, I'll pop a little bit there.
09:47And like I said, again, as you're wearing it, it sort of spreads around a little bit more.
10:05And then I will put them back in.
10:08And I'll put them back in really happy with this tooth mousse in there.
10:11Because after eating normally your, you know, your sort of, your teeth are getting that good contact with saliva.
10:18And they'll be remineralizing with these aligners, that flow of saliva is not, not happening as, as it would normally.
10:24So this tooth mousse is just going to be pushing that calcium and phosphate directly back into my teeth.
10:30And the aligners will actually make sure that that tooth mousse has longer contact with your teeth too.
10:36So I actually think that perhaps it'll be a good thing for my teeth to, to be putting these minerals in.
10:42Okay.
10:43So I'll put them back in.
10:44So, um, to put them back in, I just pretty much put them straight in first and then I'll work the back.
10:50The back is awkward, but, um,
10:54And you just have to work it with your thumb.
11:10That's in the more you do this, the more you get used to it.
11:13And pop that in and then with this tooth mousse going everywhere, I always have to wipe my mouth.
11:28And so then I'll have a bit of tooth mousse in my mouth as well.
11:31But you can easily, you can safely swallow that.
11:33I've got the original, so it doesn't have fluoride in it.
11:35I wouldn't swallow if you're using the GC tooth mousse plus, it's got fluoride in it.
11:40I wouldn't swallow that.
11:42I'll just maybe, if you can, get to a sink or a bathroom if you've got excess and just spit that out.
11:47So there, that's, that's pretty much my routine at the moment with these aligners and, and how I work it during the day.
11:56So I've always got this little kit with me and then, um, and then usually in the evening I'll give this a little bit of a rinse off with water and just leave it open overnight to dry.
12:07Because one hint I did read on a dental site is that that bacteria die when they dry.
12:14So that's why you want to dry your toothbrush as well.
12:17You don't want to have your toothbrush sitting there wet all the time.
12:20You want to dry it.
12:21So I would just leave that overnight to dry.
12:23And then it'll be ready the next day again, when I'm going out and I'll have this same with the brush.
12:29I'll take the brush out and dry it too.
12:32And I'll always sort of replenish these with, with clean gloves.
12:35But that's pretty much my life at the moment and my new routine with these Invisalign aligners in.
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