I am 45 years old and work as a Personal Assistant to a Managing Director.
My teeth have been crooked since I was a teenager and in those days braces were not commonplace.
As I grew older, I became more self-conscious about my teeth, especially when I smiled. I considered having fixed braces but felt that, at my age, they would look awful and I knew I would be very conscious of them.
My job involves a lot of client social events and conferences for which you need to be self-confident and I knew that if I had fixed braces that I would find them a bit embarrassing because of my age.
I saw an advert for Invisalign in the back of Vogue magazine and rang to make an appointment. The dentist talked me through the procedure and showed me a set of aligners. He had been talking to me for about half an hour and then told me that he was wearing a set of aligners – I couldn’t believe it and would never have known if he hadn’t told me.
I decided to go ahead with the treatment and I am extremely pleased with the aligners. I have been wearing them for the past six months and not one person has noticed them. In fact, I have told lots of people that I am wearing them and they look at me in disbelief.
I recently organised a retirement party for my boss at the Ritz Hotel and had to meet and greet a lot of the top people that work in our industry. My aligners never crossed my mind as I knew that nobody would notice that I was wearing them.
I would thoroughly recommend Invisalign, especially for people of my age group who may be conscious of fixed braces that are so apparently visible.
Jane M
