Once there are no streaks, and you have a solid colour, shape the putty into a sausage shape by rolling it between your palms. You should try to do this in less than 30 seconds. Mix a jar of white putty with one of the coloured putties until they are completely blended. Your impression kit contains a white putty and coloured putty, which needs to be mixed together. Now your phone or watch will come in handy as a timer. Check both the lower and upper trays and email at you need different sizes. The tray must cover all of your teeth including back molars. The walls of the tray must not scratch your teeth. Without putting anything in the trays, insert them into your mouth by aiming the centre of the tray and check that they are not too loose/tight in your mouth. If they don’t fit, you can contact us and we will send smaller or larger trays that are suitable. It’s necessary to check that the impression trays fit your mouth before taking any impressions. You should also brush your teeth so that they’re clean and ready to make neat impressions. This is important to ensure a hygienic process and to prevent anything from getting into the putty you will use. Clean Your Hands and Brush Your Teethįirst clean your hands thoroughly and get ready to take your impressions. Your phone or a watch will be ideal you just need something that you can use to count seconds and minutes. You need to take your impressions quickly, so it’s important to make sure you’re not taking too long. Keep Track of Timeīefore you take your impressions, make sure you’ve something that can be used to keep track of time. Use this guide to take your impressions the right way so you can receive your treatment plan. It’s important to understand the process so that you can take accurate impressions, and we can create a treatment plan (Before & After) that works for you. When you order your impression kit, we’ll mail it to you at your doorstep and after taking your impressions you can mail them back to us by using the prepaid return label included in the impression kit. This is something that you can easily do at your home with our impressions kit. The initial step to start your ALIGNERCO treatment plan is to make the dental impressions of your teeth. Order Impression Kit if you haven’t already Steps to make impressions at home

1.2 Clean Your Hands and Brush Your Teethġ.4 Blend and Shape the Impresion Puttiesġ.6 Send Photos with different angles for Approvalġ.9 Receive Your Treatment Plan and AlignersĢ.

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