First day

First visit after impressions was to have attachments attached, and to install the first aligners. Attachments was a fairly easy process - tooth surface is prepared (maybe an acid etch?), the material is placed in an aligner, then the aligner is inserted and a special light device is used to harden the material. I have 1 upper attachment and 5 lower.

Since the aligners went in with the attachments, I was done. The doc gave me 2 cases, the second set of aligners, and some "chewies", and told me to leave the aligners in for a couple of hours. After that, I was to remove them for meals and brushing.

Wish I had been given the chance to practice insertion and removal of the aligners. At lunchtime I removed the upper fairly easily, but the lower was a bitch. Felt like I was pulling my teeth out by the roots. Finally worked it out, but 2 of the attachments came out with the aligner. D'oh!