A big thank you to our patient who wrote about their smile journey with us.<\/p>\n
“<\/strong>I just wanted to say thank you to everybody at Bank House Dental centre, especially Sanjay who has transformed my smile. I wanted to write about my journey to help others know what to expect if they are thinking about straightening their teeth.<\/em><\/p>\n I\u2019d always been unhappy with my teeth, I had braces as a teenager but never wore my retainer and over the years my teeth moved back into their starting position \u2013 in fact I think they were even worse than before. I had always wanted to have them straightened again but was worried about the cost and felt too embarrassed to have braces in my 40\u2019s so I kept putting it off. One day I was looking at the photos from my brothers wedding and thought enough is enough, I hated my smile and I had to get this problem sorted.<\/em><\/p>\n I contacted the Bank House Dental centre to enquire about tooth straightening and was pleased to hear they offered a free consultation. My consultation was very informative, and I quickly realised that orthodontics had changed since I was at school! Sanjay was not pushy and went through my options. There were a few options available to me, and I decided my preference was Invisalign \u2013 clear removable braces.<\/em><\/p>\n My second appointment was a more thorough check of my teeth. Sanjay had to make sure my teeth were healthy enough to be moved so he took X-rays, and some photos and impressions of the teeth. It was explained to me that this would be sent to the lab and my next appointment would be for a visualisation of my treatment plan.<\/em><\/p>\n My visualisation appointment was very helpful because I was able to see the way the braces would straighten my teeth step by step and even got to see the final result. I wasn\u2019t expecting the result to be so good as I knew they would never be perfect, I just wanted to get started!<\/em><\/p>\n My next appointment was to fit the aligner. I had to have small tooth coloured bumps placed on the teeth, so the aligner could \u2018hang on\u2019 to something to enable it to guide the teeth into position. These felt a bit strange at first but were quite discreet and I got used to them quickly. I was told to wear the aligner all day except for eating and cleaning my teeth.<\/em><\/p>\n During the straightening journey I had to come in for checks every two weeks, so Sanjay make sure everything was on the right track and I was given new aligners each time. These appointments are quite short, and I was able to come in the evening, so my work wasn\u2019t affected. I couldn\u2019t believe it, but Sanjay was able to straighten my teeth in 12 weeks!<\/em><\/p>\n My final appointments \u2013 To finish the treatment, I needed to have a retainer made to keep my teeth in place \u2013 I\u2019d learnt my lesson with this one! I had to have impressions and the retainer was fitted a few days later.<\/em><\/p>\n I am so glad I decided to straighten my teeth, it couldn\u2019t have been easier, and I can\u2019t believe I put it off for all those years. Most of my friends and family had no idea I was even wearing a brace \u2013 the aligners were completely clear and discreet. I would urge anybody considering straightening to go for a free consultation, you won\u2019t regret it! It has been a month since I finished the treatment and I still can\u2019t stop smiling!\u00a0<\/em>“<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Read a smile journey as told by a patient at the Bank House Dental Centre who had their teeth straightened using invisible braces.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dental_information"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bankhousedentistry.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/489","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bankhousedentistry.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bankhousedentistry.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bankhousedentistry.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bankhousedentistry.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=489"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bankhousedentistry.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/489\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":490,"href":"https:\/\/bankhousedentistry.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/489\/revisions\/490"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bankhousedentistry.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bankhousedentistry.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bankhousedentistry.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}