Teeth polishing and fillings!

There are some things I need to do like cleaning, polishing and filling my teeth before Invisalign. Have to remove my wisdom tooth next and I'm so scared :/

Did scaling, polishing, drilling and fillings last week at ToofDoctor!

My before! Can't wait to say bye bye to this smile!

*Pardon my chapped lips and dry skin cos my skin was reacting very badly to the pimple cream I was using*

ToofDoctor is conveniently located at Tanjong Pagar Plaza which is a short 5 mins' walk from Tanjong Pagar MRT station. The clinic is very prominent so I'm sure you will spot it very easily!

Very inviting and clean reception!

Waiting area which is filled with magazines and newspaper to keep you entertained (:

And this is the room where I get my teeth checked, cleansed etc!

Doctor Diong advised me to do a round of cleaning and fillings so my teeth will be healthy and clean for invisalign (: The whole process wasn't painful or uncomfortable since numbing gel would be applied. The whole process took about 1.5 hours, pretty fast! (:

And that's me doing a quick fluoride treatment to prevent tooth decay by making the tooth resistant to acid attacks from plaque bacteria and sugars in the mouth! The treatment contains a much higher level of of fluoride than in toothpastes or mouth rinse so it's really beneficial if you want to prevent tooth decay! Tooth decays are nasty! Besides, the treatment was really quick and easy.

After visiting ToofDoctor, I realised how important it is to keep your teeth in check regularly. Besides the basic brushing of teeth and flossing of teeth at home, you should visit your dentist regularly to cleanse your teeth and do preventive treatments like the fluoride therapy. After all, prevention is better than cure! You don't want to hit 25 and only realize your teeth are decaying!

For those interested, you can call up ToofDoctor for your annual polishing/scaling or even just for consultation if you're interested in braces or invisalign.

TOOFDOCTOR

7 Tanjong Pagar Plaza, #01-106

(corner of Tanjong Pagar Road and Craig Road)

Singapore 081007

Tel : 62211121

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I'm super happy that my dental clinic is located in Tanjong Pagar, the area with tons of good food! I'm so excited for my subsequent visits cos I want to explore all the good food and I wanna share them with you! Maybe I could even do a "Tanjong Pagar food blog" hahaha.

So, this time I tried Keisuke Tonkotsu King @ Orchid Hotel. Heard a lot about them and finally got a chance to try their famous ramen! Super lucky there was no queue when I went!

Ordered their signature Tonkotsu ramen and boy was I impressed! Definitely one of the better ones I've eaten in Singapore. It could be the best actually? The soup was very savory, noodles were very bouncy and the meat was very tender! Only problem was the onsen egg was overcooked. They have free flow hard boiled eggs, spicy bean sprout and refillable water so I thought it was quite good. The bill came up to $17 after tax so it's very reasonably priced too!

Keisuke Tonkotsu King

#01-19 Orchid Hotel

1 Tras Street

Tel: +65 6636 0855

Daily: 11.30am – 10pm

Headed to Selfish Gene cafe which is just a short walk away to study. Only drank their earl grey tea and didn't get to try the food! Will try the food next time. Ambience was very pleasant though, and the smell of their freshly baked banana cake was soooooooooooooo good!!!! I was soooo tempted!

And yes some shameless selfies :D

Selfish Gene Cafe

40 Craig Rd, 089678
6423 1324

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Sophia

Instagram and Twitter : @sophiachong

INVISALIGN!

I'm not even gonna do an intro or some shiz....

I'M DOING INVISALIGN AT...

I've been waiting for this day to come ever since I read Xiaxue's post on Invisalign (a clear technology similar to braces). I don't know why I've never bothered to put on braces when I was young, maybe I just didn't care as much about my looks or didn't think teeth would play such a big difference. As I grew older, I realized how important it is to have a nice set of teeth. There are so many factors which make me want to have nice teeth actually : 

- For TJM photos so I can smile more and portray a "happier" image for the photos

- My own self-confidence sake. I don't smile much when I first meet people, and that's the reason why. 

- For future job/interviews/collaboration or what not. A nice smile is SOOOO important.

So as I grew older, I really wanted to do something about it BUT I don't want to put braces at this age. I'm already 23 years old, somewhat mid way into shaping my career. And I'm also a blogger who needs to attend events, fashion shows that will require meeting lots of important people and taking lots of photos. So I don't want to be seen with braces at all. 

Then why didn't I do Invisalign earlier?

Because it's not cheap! I've casually asked around and the average price out there is $10K!!! Sometimes it can even go up to $12K. It's a lot of money compared to braces which is around $3K-$4K. I definitely won't want nor allow my parents to pay $10K for me, but it's crazy for me to fork out such money on my own also. So my initial plan was to do it when I'm around 28/30 years old when $10K means lesser.

 BUT,

God works in wonderful and unexpected ways! *Thank you for not letting me wait till I'm 28 heheh*

God really answers my prayers almost all the time. And other times he didn't, it's cos he has greater plans for me! Ever since Doctor Lim (my aesthetic doctor from Trinity Medical) told me he could help me ask around his dentist friends for sponsorship for me, I've been praying for it to succeed. But, I told Daniel that if I still don't get it, I would be very contented and grateful that Dr Lim went out of his way to help me on this. And at most, I'll just wait till I'm older. But I guess God knows deep down how badly I want this (:

SO, to cut long story short. I'M STARTING MY INVISALIGN TREATMENT WITH TOOFDOCTOR CLINIC!

Here's a picture of me having my teeth checked!

And here's my first snapshot of the "chair" I'll be on for the next 2 years!

TOOFDOCTOR will be my official dental clinic for Invisalign from now on and I can't wait.

For the next few sessions, I'll be getting my teeth polished, extracting my wisdom tooth and creating the mould for my invisalign so I'll share more about Invisalign itself and the process with you girls soon! I'll make the posts as personal and as informative as possible so it won't bore you girls and can help those who are interested in invisalign/braces!

This great man accompanied me to the dentist cos I was a wee bit nervous and he also took care of me for 2 days straight when I was terribly sick (: THANK YOU SUSU!

And here are just some visuals of yesterday. Nothing much hehe. 

Hope you girls are enjoying the Singapore "sakura" period! 

Be back soon!

XX

Sophia

Instagram and Twitter : @sophiachong