DISCLAIMER: Invisalign isn't paying me for this. I don't know them, they don't know me, etc. Literally just taking this opportunity to tell you all about my dumb life. Also, if I know you IRL, please know that I am extremely embarrassed that you decided to read this.
After another week of waiting around, the day finally arrived; less consulting, more...robot scanning.
All throughout my work day I felt a weird mix of anxious and excited, like I might vom but it was okay because I am doing a life-changing...thing. There was no more research to be done, because apparently no one seems to want to talk about the initial scanning of your teeth. ALLOW ME.
When 3pm finally rolled around I gave my mom (who in case you didn't know, works in the same office as me) a quick goodbye, grabbed the 2 chocolate cupcakes I got for my boyfriend's birthday, and headed out the door.
Ten minutes later, after a confusing maps app mishap (hahahaha), I got to the office and was pleasantly surprised to see there were no cars parked out front. I had been especially worried about parking because last time the 3 (3!!!) spaces (in the street no less) had been taken.
So anyway at this point I'm feelin' good; I grab my cupcakes and walk in hardly knowing what to expect. I then found out there was just one lady working and no customers, which was good because this appointment was one of the weirdest experiences ever??? It's definitely not something I needed a bunch of strangers seeing.
I had to fill out a bunch of forms and make my fairly large down payment, all while explaining that yes, there is an office closer to my home, but I work around the corner. I know! Crazy!
Next she brought me in the back where we did a few x-rays. One is that giant machine that spins around your head for a few seconds, which I've had to do at my dentist's office plenty of times. The other took a picture of your bite or something, and held you in place by your freakin' ears. WTF. She put the plastic things in my ears and I awkwardly laughed because again, WTF. But in like 3 minutes or less that part was over.
After that we walked into a more open area with a bunch of chairs and fake photos of the outdoors on the ceiling tiles. I was treated to the lovely view of some palm tree branches and motionless clouds for most of my visit.
Anyway, we had to take photos to show my face shape or something; I didn't actually ask. She took some of me standing in front of a light board, and I immediately smiled when she told me, "Don't smile for this one." Then I sat in the chair and had to pull my mouth wide open, like when people go sky-diving and their mouths are like
And she took a few photos of just my teeth, and promised not to upload them to Facebook.
Finally came the last and probably weirdest part of my appointment: THE SCAN. While she set it up she told me there's a new smaller one that they have at the other locations, but we were stuck with a big heavy thing where she had to individually scan every single one of my teeth. Yikes.
As it started up it sounded like a rocket launch, complete with a robot voice talking about my jaw and these weird rainbow lights. I meant to ask if those had a purpose or if they existed to make the scanner seem more fun, but A) that seems like a dumb question, and B) my sense of humor gets misinterpreted a lot and I am too prideful to seem dumb in front of anyone.
So for like 10-15 minutes, someone took pictures of each of my teeth, ("Wow, you have a LOT of teeth!") while it blew air into my mouth. Sounds fun, right?
While my jaw was a little sore after, it really was an easy process, more time-consuming than anything.
And now I wait. In 2ish weeks I have another appointment for some more consulting about getting teeth pulled and all that other fun stuff. Plus I think I'll get to see the video of how they want my teeth to look in the end. I feel like I might die from waiting so long but I guess I do want it to be done exactly right, so I will deal.
See you in a couple weeks!
Sincerely, a slightly less nervous and slightly more optimistic Stacie
*The scanner doesn't look like this, I promise
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