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| - So, after about two and a half years of Invisalign, I am done with the treatment. I am not going to say "finally" done with the treatment, because that sounds as if it was a pain, and it was far from that. The experience couldn't have been any better.
Here's my story: Sometime near 1988 or so, I had traditional braces, the new clear(er) ceramic type that were less visible than the chrome steel look that many orthodontic braces were being made of back then. I didn't have too bad of an experience and it was obviously with another doctor. Two years of monthly visits to change the bands and wires and I was done. My mistake was not wearing the provided retainer every night as I should have.
So about three or four years ago, I was noticing a bit of movement in my two upper front teeth, which was causing me to occasionally bite my lower lip when I ate. I thought about braces again, but didn't really know if I actually wanted to go through the process. The lip biting was aggravating, so I decided to go ahead and consider my options.
My search began for an orthodontist and Yelp was the resource I used. I figured, if I was going to have to go there monthly (as I did in the past), I wanted somewhere close to where I live. Aloha Orthodontics popped up in the search as being fairly close, so I made an appointment. Counting on fellow Yelpers for help, I also looked for the negative reviews and found none. Every single review was 5 stars!! I thought, no way, every business on Yelp has a bad review. Nope. Not Aloha Orthodontics. Not then, anyway. Major plus at that point.
So my appointment day came and on the first day I went into the office, the experience was made very comfortable for me. I could tell everyone in the office seemed to be happy with being there and I could hear a guy, who I would later find out was Dr Chelian, running around the treatment room having friendly conversations with the patients and his staff and treating and conducting examinations on his patients. I could also tell he was a very busy guy. This was encouraging.
So the process was explained to me, preliminary examinations were done, future appointments were made, and I was back in for orthodontic braces again. This time, however, after my treatment options were explained, I chose Invisalign. The big difference with Invisalign- I didn't have to come back every month and I could eat what I wanted for every meal. My return schedule was more like every three months, so that was good. But every visit, it felt like I was a friend seeing friends, and every visit was just as good as the last. I never had any concerns about my treatment, the cleanliness of the facilities, or the competency of anyone there.
So as the months went by, I could tell the process was working and my teeth were getting back to where they needed to be. At a point I thought I was done, which was about two years after I started, Dr C said (well something like), "Nope. I am not satisfied and I can do better." He wanted me to leave with perfection (well as close to that as it can be with me anyway), and did some minor refinements to get it to the point he wanted it to and where I would be happier with. I was already, but perfectionism is obviously a good thing for an orthodontist to have. The refinements were perfect.
So my treatment is done there, but the experience will not be forgotten. This time, I will wear my retainer though.
The point of this long and boring story (to some of you, haaa) is this: Aloha Orthodontics would be the first place I would go back to if I needed to do it again (hopefully I won't :-)) and the first place I would recommend to anyone else needing an orthodontist (I have). Another thing about me is that I am far older (late 50's) than most of his patients, but apparently teeth straitening procedures aren't just for kids. I am incredibly happy with the results, all of my teeth are straight/aligned again, and the best thing for me, my lower lip isn't swollen from the constant biting anymore. :-)
Thank you, Dr Chelian, and every one else in your office!!
Hal.
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