It sounds really unpleasant. I would not automatically assume that the tea stains are either inevitable or a big deal, though. Drink your tea. There's a tendency for specialists to consider patients in terms of only the body part or system that they are treating. If she's a cardiologist, you're a heart, and if he's an orthodontist. you're a mouthful of teeth. Never mind what the other body systems might need ... .

I'm trying to recall whether they offered Invisalign as an option for my daughter's second go-round in braces, when she was already in college, and it just won't come to me.