Thursday, January 20, 2011

Refinements are In

Refinements are in. I was surprised to learn that there are 14 upper and lower aligners - was expecting 10 to 12. Two positive developments - (1) No attachments. The aligners go on and off so much more easily, and removal was far less painful this first day; (2)My ortho said that some of his patients change aligners after 1 1/2 weeks instead of two full weeks. He left it up to me whether to attempt to accelerate the process. I am unsure - while I would like to have the process over faster, the materials I have read suggest that 2 weeks is ideal.