52 Year Old with Invisalign - Atlanta, GA

Well I finished my initial treatment about two weeks ago and I had new impressions made. So I'm currently waiting on my refinement trays, I'm happy with my bottom teeth except for the triangles and I have two top front teeth that need to be straightened. Dr. said it might take 4 aligners. I have to continue wearing my last aligners until the new ones come in. I'm so ready for this to be over...

Well I haven't updated in a while because things have been very busy. I am on aligner 17/20 on the lower and 17/23 on the top. I am very happy with how my lower teeth look. The upper ones need a little bit more time. This process has been pretty uneventful. My ortho says I've been tracking perfectly with my plan. I have a couple of stains where the attachments are and I'll let my dentist get them off when I go for my cleaning. Also, My ortho gave me some "Opalescence Go" to start some whitening. He did talk to me about retainers. One set of invisalign retainers are included and I can purchase these other ones called Vivera. Four sets cost $375. I'm going to do some research. A friend of mine has the permanent retainer that goes behind your teeth. I'm not sure yet what I'm going to do.

It's been a while since I've updated. Nothing much has really happened. I am one week into aligner 6. My husband says he can see a little change in my bottom teeth. I know that things are moving because there are gaps between my teeth now. According to my treatment plan, my top teeth won't really move until my bottom teeth are in place which makes sense since my bottom tooth that sticks out is the one that is pushing on my top center teeth. Only thing I'm kind of worried about is the "black triangles" that people have been talking about. I'm going to ask my Ortho about them next week at my appointment.

I'm pretty used to the aligners now and have a pretty good routine going. I really don't like brushing my teeth in public bathrooms so I use the "Colgate wisps". Usually they are sold in pairs, but Target has a pack of 40. They're pretty good to use until you can get home and brush. I also found these wipes called "Cleanse, fresh, and go" that I use to wipe my aligners when I can't clean them with water. There's also a spray that you can get. I keep some wisps, wipes and spray in my car.

So far, no one at work has said anything about my aligners. I've told two people at work and they both said they wouldn't have noticed if I hadn't said anything. There is a co-worker who I'm pretty sure has Invisalign, but I haven't said anything to her.