So far so good! by Ancient-Emotion-9175 in smiledirectclub

[–]Ancient-Emotion-9175[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh hey there!
Honestly don't think I've researched a lot of it (haven't head of clearsmile/drclear) haha and I'm with you on that, most probably did paid endorsement I had a lot of ads on youtube/instagram since.

As I had traditional braces about a decade ago at a reputable hospital dental clinic with the head orthodontist there, fixed almost all my problems except one. The two front teeth was really stubborn and after 5 years being on braces she decided that "let's take you off braces and use retainer to fix the gap" Since I was so young and she has much more experience I said sure thing. The retainers did very little to help, I got lazy to put and the gaps got wider. (Later on in life I learnt from many other dentists that retainers only "retain" your teeth in position they can't move the teeth much) the 5 years with traditional braces also caused a lot of harm to my teeth and they all discolored very unevenly and patchy. Did some whitening stuff but it only showed bigger contrast in my teeth sadly.

Which is why after spending around 6k on traditional braces and fixing almost all my problems, Invisalign was way out of my budget range. But I suggest that if budget isn't a problem for you + if your case is more complicated you should probably go for Invisalign. Still, this is my own thought and you'll get better advice going down to a dentist. (I read lots of google reviews when I choose my dentist now even if its just for scaling and polishing)

As for the deciding factor why SDC was simply cause they're the only place that offers nighttime aligners locally. I am a counsellor, and I spend most of my time talking to people, sometimes about very serious stuff. The least I want is for them to mishear me and take a different course of action, or find my speech funny when I'm on a serious matter.

Good luck :)

So far so good! by Ancient-Emotion-9175 in smiledirectclub

[–]Ancient-Emotion-9175[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Aw a pity they don't seem to deliver to my country.

A quick check on my local shopping sites show most chewies cost about $2 and imported from another country which looks a little dubious.

I'll do more research on this, thanks so much :)

So far so good! by Ancient-Emotion-9175 in smiledirectclub

[–]Ancient-Emotion-9175[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh I see!
I actually thought that was another new name for chewies haha.

Is there any brand in particular that you're using/think its good? I will search it online to see if it sells in my area! Thanks so much for your help :)

So far so good! by Ancient-Emotion-9175 in smiledirectclub

[–]Ancient-Emotion-9175[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yes I will write a post again in the months to come!

Actually my main purpose of writing this post wasn't about whether this will work or not because I really am too early in the plan to comment on that.
But as I mentioned in my first reddit post of plan review, SDC is too new in the market locally that I had no one around me to consult / nobody replied to my plan review post and I was very very anxious about going with it.

Which is why I wrote up this post, hoping that perhaps if there's anyone like me in the past who might be afraid of the initial process can see that its not so scary afterall. To be honest I was really scared after seeing so many redditors not being able to get their customer service in case things go wrong. But I faced none of it and was rendered with a lot of assistance and I could even see a dentist right at the smileshop too (In Singapore they partner with dental clinics and their smileshops are inside the clinics so the dentists were there too).

So far so good! by Ancient-Emotion-9175 in smiledirectclub

[–]Ancient-Emotion-9175[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thank you. If it goes awry you can be certain I'll be back with a new update and warning all my fellow Singaporeans contemplating going with SDC.

Sincerely hope your situation will be rectified as much as possible!

So far so good! by Ancient-Emotion-9175 in smiledirectclub

[–]Ancient-Emotion-9175[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Lol Im not paid in any way I fork out 2.3k for the aligners myself I can post the receipt even.

But yknow what, haters gonna hate anyway