The Grossest Experiment Ever
Several weeks back I mentioned that I would be conducting an informal experiment to show that Invisalign’s advice to not use Efferdent and other “generic” orthodontic-cleaning concoctions is really just a thinly-veiled attempt at selling their own ridiculously overpriced Invisalign Cleaning System. This coming Wednesday (hold on to your seats!) will mark the first round of photos from this endeavor.
I did not use Efferdent in these photos, however. In fact, I didn’t use anything. In a disgusting twist of oral scabrousness I did not clean the aligners at all for the past two weeks. I didn’t Efferdent them and I didn’t brush them. I did rinse them off with plain tap water every time I took them out or put them in, but that’s it. This is Really Gross™.
My theory is that the aligners cannot possibly look worse than they do after two weeks of not being cleaned. The Invisalign folks say that Efferdent and its friends can “dull the surface of the aligners,” but they of course make no mention of doing nothing at all. On Wednesday morning I will take more pictures of the current pair and post them in all of their slimy, plaquey glory. You’ll be able to see for yourself what they look like.
Once those are done I am going to do a Marathon Efferdent Day. I will plunk the aligners into Efferdent over and over and over again, taking pictures of them each time new Efferdent is added. On Thursday I should have an example of what the aligners look like after being subjected to far more Efferdent than any sane human being would ever use.
And then, gentle readers, we shall see if Invisalign’s wool is still pulled over our collective eyes or if I have managed to save my otherwise unsuspecting crooked-toothed compatriots the $100 they would have otherwise given to Invisalign.
