- [Host] I'm getting Invisalign clear aligners today.
I'm actually pretty excited about it.
We're gonna look at teeth that are five million years old.
- [Lincoln] And teeth that are 11 years old.
- [Host] Hey, first time's putting them in, let's see it.
- [Man] Okay, it's official.
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- All right, it's been about three weeks
since I got my Invisalign clear aligners.
So what I want to do is kind of share my thoughts
about what it's been like to have Invisalign for three weeks
and maybe talk a little bit more about the process,
a little bit more than what we could do in the main video.
If you haven't seen our main video,
we'll put a link right now in the description--
- They're down there. That's where the description is.
- Lincoln always loves getting all amped up
as soon as he gets to say it's down there.
- They're down there. - Every time.
- They're down there.
- We just did a video on a mammoth tooth
where we cut it open. - It's down there.
- Here's the mammoth tooth, I won't show you the other side
of it because it's already cut open
but you can go watch that but we tied it in
and we showed our entire process, so--
- So that's down there.
- But if you're just here to learn
about Invisalign treatment and what it is actually like
I'm gonna go deep and talk to you a little bit about it.
Lincoln, rapid fire questions:
What do you think so far?
- I think your teeth look shinier.
- Shinier, okay, and what did you think the entire process?
- I loved the 3D printing stuff.
- They scan it, so the 3D scanner.
All you ever see is people with traditional stuff
on their teeth, like the metal stuff everywhere
and you don't really see the Invisalign.
I know this is a really educational discussion.
- [Lincoln] It's so educational, it's down there.
- But I am walking into Lincoln's fancy office here,
check it out, this is his office, his desk,
I even have lights, so I want to share with you guys
some of my thoughts, hopefully this will help you
a little bit to, I don't know, make up your mind
on whether to do it or not.
Let's go through some of these thoughts,
some of my thoughts from the first few weeks
and some of the questions that you may have
or maybe you don't even know that you have.
If you're a teenager and you're tired
of having crooked teeth, of course talk
to your orthodontist and go get a consult,
most of them do it for free.
Every single year for the last six years
we've taken Lincoln to the orthodontist
and we've asked him, is is time?
And they're always like, nope, we need to wait
until he loses more teeth, we need for his jaw
to get bigger and so it'll expand
and his teeth will kind of fall into place
and then at that point, you can get some treatment
to go in, and it's true, it's happened.
Over the last year and a half,
now that he's been really growing a lot,
I've noticed that his teeth have started to fall into place.
Go get checked out and see what your doctor thinks,
but for Lincoln, he's about six months away from doing this.
When we lived in Albuquerque seven years ago,
Lincoln got his tooth numbed out,
one of his teeth got knocked out
and it was out for years, and due to that,
his mouth was pretty crooked once his teeth started
to grow in, and then his mouth wasn't big enough
to fit all of his teeth, so they kind of overlapped
each other a bit, people would say that in the comments
in the videos and some people weren't very nice
about what they would say about Lincoln's teeth
about not being straight, and it was kind of frustrating.
I've never had any type of treatment,
I haven't had braces, I haven't had Invisalign treatment.
My mouth is just the way it is.
My bottom teeth over time, the front has kind of gone out
and you can kind of see that on the computer image
that I have in that video, it would be nice
to have straighter teeth and I've been offered that
before, but I've always just been like, I'm fine,
I'm good, getting Invisalign is not scary,
it has not been painful, it's just a little bit
of tension, it's a little bit of feeling,
but for the first day or two, you feel it more
then the rest of the week it's feels normal.
They do a scan of your teeth and they take it
and they 3D print a custom tray for you.
It's specific just to you, your tongue needs
to get used to it, it takes a day or two
for your tongue to get used to talking
without putting in on the front of your mouth.
For me it's been pretty normal, I don't think
most people have noticed, even people that I've met
with and have been talking to, I have all mentioned to them
that I have Invisalign clear aligners
and they're like oh my gosh I didn't even realize that
so for me it hasn't affected at all
and it shouldn't affect your speech,
you should be able to get used to it.
But what was it like when I first switched it out
from week one to week two, I actually filmed it.
I was in Chicago and I filmed myself taking it out
from week one and putting it in to week two,
so I'm gonna insert that clip here.
Today is Tuesday, I'm in Chicago for something else,
and I've got my Invisalign clear aligner for week two,
so this is exciting 'cause it's the first time
I've been able to switch it out
and I'm curious because I've been good.
It says wear your Invisalign clear aligner
for 22 out of 24 hours a day, I've been wearing it
for like 23.3 hours per day, so I've been very compliant.
But now I'm curious, is this gonna go on well
or is it gonna be hard to do?
Here's the new one, I think they said
when you take it out you give it a little rinse first.
(water rushes)
Alright, it's time.
Feels a little, I can feel that,
I can feel a little difference, it feels like
it's pushing a little bit more.
Okay, the top ones.
Interesting.
If I'm filming videos, I'm probably gonna leave them in
for most of the videos, but there probably will be times
that I'll take them out just to have them out
and you guys probably won't even notice.
I am honestly happy with it, I think it's a cool thing
and I'm super excited to see the results in six months.
I'm even more excited for Lincoln to get it
in six months, so as soon as I get mine off,
Lincoln will be getting his.
Let me know if you've had it before,
or if you've had it and what your thoughts are on it.
Hope you guys like this video, it was like a casual talk
with you guys, if you have any additional questions,
leave it in the comments and I'm gonna try to respond
to some of your questions that I didn't answer in this video
but, yeah, that's it.
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