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I made my own clear plastic tooth aligners and they worked

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Re: I made my own clear plastic tooth aligners and they worked

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Post by KRuchan »

dezork wrote: post #16
transfire wrote: post #12

Can you chew food with the aligner on?

Food finds its way up between the aligner and the teeth, and it's very unpleasant. Not recommended. Drinking is not a problem though.

Most orthodontists will say anything except water is a no-no - coffee and tea will stain your aligners, and they almost always permeate the aligners into your teeth, causing decay until the next brushing. Juice is even more harmful with the sugar and fibre. Also, hot beverages can deform the aligners. I know cases of people who tried having drinks with straws, and realized it wasn't a viable solution. The drink still ends up permeating the aligners.

Re: I made my own clear plastic tooth aligners and they worked

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Post by thrw1122 »

percept wrote: post #85
rev_bird wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It has not once in my life occurred to me to email my dentist.

I know--mine texted me the night after my filling, to see how it was coming along. She does that for everybody, along with a number of other practices that do her and (would) her profession great credit.

Are you in SF? If so, who is it - I am looking for one :) thx.

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Post by snaily »

cbd1984 wrote: post #49
Void_ wrote: post #48

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Do you imagine people in countries east of Austria as ugly bunch with crooked teeth, because we're developing and never heard of cosmetic dentistry?

Actually, the usual place to stereotype as having crooked teeth is the UK, which is firmly in the "developed" group of countries. To answer your question, no, "crooked teeth" isn't in the usual list of stereotypes people have about Eastern Europeans.

A counterpoint in the form of a "humorous" travel guide for a Eastern European fictional country: http://www.amazon.com/Molvania-Untouched-Modern-Dentistry-Je...

Re: I made my own clear plastic tooth aligners and they worked

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Post by johnm1019 »

lpsz wrote: post #80
wslh wrote: post #78

There is an important issue missing in the article (beyond the warning notice): the occlusion. The modification of the dental structure requires a whole functional analysis that goes beyond the teeth. Anyway, the future is promising and the issues could be solved taking into account all the factors.

Would you please elaborate more in layman's terms?

Occlusion ~= how your upper and lower teeth fit together when you close your mouth.

Re: I made my own clear plastic tooth aligners and they worked

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Post by percept »

thrw1122 wrote: post #122
percept wrote: post #85

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I know--mine texted me the night after my filling, to see how it was coming along. She does that for everybody, along with a number of other practices that do her and (would) her profession great credit.

Are you in SF? If so, who is it - I am looking for one :) thx.

Nah, but I found her on Yelp.

Re: I made my own clear plastic tooth aligners and they worked

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Post by syberspace »

slightly off topic: how is diy tooth alignment going to affect criminal investigations? on all those crime shows on tv (csi, navy cis, ...) they use dental records to identify otherwise unidentifyable bodies. is this method even used in real life and how would they find any records of your teeth if you fixed them yourself?
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