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Finally finished! 27 months and 56 trays later!
It has been a while since I posted last. There were some complications with my progress, as one of my front incisors was somehow turning pink. I had an accident 20 years ago where I injured that tooth, but never really noticed much of anything until about 6 months into my Invisalign journey. The tooth started getting very sensitive and within days turned pink, they also noticed root resorption. I had to go through a root canal procedure and stopped using AcceleDent all together. I was in a holding pattern without moving to the next tray for 5 months, until my orthodontist and family dentist confirmed that the roots were looking better and we resumed the orthodontic work. That was a hiccup I didn't anticipate, therefore it took much longer than what I had planned. However, it has been 27 months since I started and now I am finally done! I picked up my Vivera retainers last week, will only be wearing them at night (yes, for the rest of my life). I also had a permanent wire retainer put in for my lower teeth since they have the tendency to move back to their old location. Here are the before and after pictures, my teeth now are not perfect by any means due to missing teeth and old mistakes made by other doctors, but still, so much better than 27 months ago! Yes, I would recommend Invisalign to anyone and would do it again in a heartbeat. Being able to smile without feeling too self conscious is amazing :)
13 months into the process (7 months really)
I started my Invisalign journey back in July 2015, and the initial set is 30 trays. When I got to tray 24 (Feb 2016), one of my upper front teeth (#8) had was hit during a freak accident, which caused me getting a root canal procedure done. My roots also showed signs of resorption. After a discussion between my orthodontist and general dentist, it was decided to put my progress on hold for a while, in order to promote healing. I wore tray 24 for 6 months, with 2 additional replacement sets of course. At the end of the 5th month, X-Rays were taken and a new scan was done in entirety. My roots appeared to have calmed down. New design and trays were ordered, and I just re-started to process with new tray set #1 of 20. I am also asked to stop using AcceleDent, and to keep my 2-weeks tray changing schedule, in stead of the 1 week with AcceleDent. I'm quite disappointed with the pro-longed process, seems like I did everything right, but somehow things didn't pan out as I anticipated. Regardless, I'm now back on track and hopefully nothing else happens and I'll be finished with this set of trays by April. Then I believe a re-scan will be needed for refinement.