It's the end of week 3 of Invisiline fun and games. And in an effort to promote foolishness and imbecility, it's time for teeth blogging.

Invisilines sets are changed every 2 weeks making this the start of week 2 of set 2. This second set seems to have loosened up considerably faster than the first set, or I got used to this set faster. New this week: the inside of my mouth is not too happy, it's a bit sore. This is my own fault as I can't seem to stop myself from constantly messing about with them.

Well, you know, they are on my teeth and my brain refuses to accept that they are necessary, so I tend to create a vacuum in my mouth - this causes the one unanchored side to move around a little bit. It also causes some rubbing on the inside of my mouth. Can't wait to hear what the dentist has to say about that. I can almost hear the "don't do that" now. Uh - sure - just remind me every 10 seconds or so.

Dinner time is the only time I leave them off for an extended period (about an hour) so I can eat and then have a cup of tea. I notice they take a few minutes to settle back into place after that length of time. Otherwise there are no fitting issues.

When I have them out now, my teeth are so weirdly aligned I can't close my mouth properly. I prefer to have them in giving me a proper "bite" when closing my mouth. When they're out I'm afraid I'll hurt a couple of teeth on top and bottom that now clash against each other. This shall pass, but it's a bit awkward for eating.

I do find a little trouble talking sometimes. My tongue occasionally gets things wrong and I stumble over a word when it sticks to the bottom set. After a few "blah,blah,blah's" I can carry on talking. (we'll leave off trying to decide whether I ever have anything of more value to say than "blah,blah, blah")

I have noted one interesting thing this week. I switched toothpaste. Well, I do that in any case, I am not wedded to a single brand, or I should say I wasn't. I do have to use toothpaste for sensitive teeth. Last time I went shopping for a tube of toothpaste, the only Sensitive tooth type they had was Crest for Sensitive Teeth with added scope. I picked it up while I was thinking about it.

I started using it and the tube itself was being very annoying. There is no way with the material they used to make the toothpaste tube, to squeeze the stuff up from the bottom. No matter how I try, the tube squishes every which way. I hate that!

Therefore, a couple of days ago, after being aggravated once too often, I went to another store and picked up a tube of Sensodyne. This one does not have an insane design that keeps me from squeezing the paste out of the tube. That's when I discovered an interesting side result. (the Crest tube is only half empty and has been relegated to another drawer for emergencies) Now I don't have a bad taste on my teeth when I remove the Invisilines for eating or to brush before bed.

Maybe I should rephrase that, it wasn't a "really bad" taste. Stale... might be a good word. Rather like your mouth in the morning. In this case, it was easily rinsed away, but it was always there when I took the things out. I'm not finding that with the Sensodyne toothpaste. Maybe it's my mouth chemistry at work and someone else might have a different result. In any case, I think I'll stick with the Sensodyne.

So, that's tooth blogging for the week. We aim to be a total entertainment blog here.

Posted by: Teresa in It's The Teeth at 06:45 PM | Comments (5) | Add Comment
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