{"id":256,"date":"2015-08-12T23:18:46","date_gmt":"2015-08-12T23:18:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lincolnorthodontics.co.uk\/blog\/?p=256"},"modified":"2015-09-11T03:49:52","modified_gmt":"2015-09-11T03:49:52","slug":"invisalign-a-patients-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lincolnorthodontics.co.uk\/blog\/invisalign-a-patients-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Invisalign: a patient&#8217;s story"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here, our orthodontic nurse Kerryl talks about her experience as a patient. \u201cYou\u2019d be a complex case, but we could give it a go and see what happens\u2026\u2026.???!\u201d Those were the words I distinctly remember my boss saying to me one day during an Invisalign\u00a9 training day. Of course I was totally committed to the thought of having beautifully straight teeth one day, and seeing as I was working in a role where patients expect a perfect smile to greet them, it was a no brainer. But out of all those different braces, Why Invisalign\u00a9?<\/p>\n<p>Invisalign\u00a9, clear plastic removable aligners\u2026\u2026 Wear them for a minimum of 22 hours a day, take them out to eat, drink and brush your teeth &amp; change them every two weeks so that progressively your teeth straighten out. Virtually invisible and virtually pain free. It\u2019s certainly not the fastest way to a perfect smile, especially in my case, but that\u2019s ok if you\u2019re not in a rush because you do get there eventually.<\/p>\n<p>The fact that you can see the proposed end result with a click of the mouse on your computer screen (via the virtual movie set up), kind of gives you that push to get through it; and the drive to be self-disciplined &amp; strict about the wear regime. I\u2019ve wondered on numerous occasions whether I should have opted for a fixed brace, mainly get the treatment done quicker, but honestly I think I picked the right one for me. I am now finished; see for yourself with my before and after photos\u2026..definitely without a doubt worth all the effort!<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-257\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lincolnorthodontics.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/unnamed-2-300x75.png\" alt=\"unnamed (2)\" width=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lincolnorthodontics.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/unnamed-2-300x75.png 300w, https:\/\/www.lincolnorthodontics.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/unnamed-2.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-258\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lincolnorthodontics.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/unnamed-3-300x75.png\" alt=\"unnamed (3)\" width=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lincolnorthodontics.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/unnamed-3-300x75.png 300w, https:\/\/www.lincolnorthodontics.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/unnamed-3.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here, our orthodontic nurse Kerryl talks about her experience as a patient. \u201cYou\u2019d be a complex case, but we could give it a go and see what happens\u2026\u2026.???!\u201d Those were the words I distinctly remember my boss saying to me one day during an Invisalign\u00a9 training day. Of course I was totally committed to the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lincolnorthodontics.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lincolnorthodontics.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lincolnorthodontics.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lincolnorthodontics.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lincolnorthodontics.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=256"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.lincolnorthodontics.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":261,"href":"https:\/\/www.lincolnorthodontics.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256\/revisions\/261"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lincolnorthodontics.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lincolnorthodontics.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lincolnorthodontics.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}