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Overcrowded, off Centre Teeth, Extractions Birmingham, GB

UPDATED FROM higs
10 months post

Tray 31/36 nearly finished!!!!

higsMarch 12, 2017
Wow!!! I'm so near finishing my 36 trays and so pleased with results. I haven't even been wearing Invisalign 12 months and my teeth are totally different. I'm still really struggling with my speech and have pretty much hated every minute of my treatment but I can not believe how much my teeth have moved so quickly. The latest photo is tray 31 (not tray 23 as pic suggests). I am to go back for a scan in two weeks time and decide whether I need refinement- pretty sure I will as bottom teeth tilting a little but am prepared for this.

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Omnia Dental Spa

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SJL01
March 13, 2017
I loved reading your story! I just started tray 6 today and I hate it too. How I'll ever make it through 43 trays is beyond my comprehension. Maybe it's because I have a small mouth, I don't know, but the trays feel like a torture device. Plus I have to wear elastic bands during the entire treatment!!! The spitting, lisping, clenching, and dry mouth drove me crazy. I've been switching trays every 7-10 days. This one is hurting my face and ear. Somehow I've just got to keep going
stlfries
March 14, 2017
Your teeth look beautiful!!! I too am struggling with my lisp and air bubbles in my trays. It didn't start for me until tray six and now I'm on tray 9 of 30 and I still have an awful lisp and air bubbles. I was hoping when reading your updates that you would have posted that the lisp stopped for you. I guess I will have to deal with it if I want straight teeth :). Congrats on sticking with it.
higs
March 14, 2017
Ladies, trust me it is worth it! Honestly I have really hated the trays. The lisp actually got worse as my teeth moved, dry mouth and the fact I can't close my mouth probably but my teeth were horrendous 10 months ago and I never thought this would actually work but it does. Stick with it [RS bleep]
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SJL01
March 14, 2017
Thank you for the encouragement! By looking at your teeth I can certainly see the challenges have been worth it. Your teeth look fabulous! The Ortho sent me my Clin Check so I can actually view the changes each tray will make, on my computer. Looking forward just 10 more trays and the results are pretty significant. It's all one day (sometimes one hour...) at a time right now!
golcarlilly
March 29, 2017
Looking amazing!! Xx
mazza40
March 29, 2017
Looking fantastic - well done! It isn't easy, I agree, but definitely worth it. Smile :) x
UPDATED FROM higs
7 months post

Tray 15 photo

higsDecember 3, 2016

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hippychic69
December 3, 2016
Awesome! Looking good!
mkar
December 3, 2016
Wow your teeth are looking fantastic!!!
You'll love swapping them weekly, it seems to go so quickly.
mazza40
December 4, 2016
Looking fantastic! I'm really sorry you have found it so tough... I feel as if it has taken forever (on tray 16/26 now) but it has been so much easier than I thought it was going to be, and definitely worth it. Hopefully now you are seeing proper changes it will give you the motivation you need, especially as you can change them weekly. Good luck :)
UPDATED FROM higs
7 months post

Tray 17/36 good progress at last!!

higsDecember 3, 2016
Haven't updated for ages as have really been struggling with Invisalign and didn't want to appear so negative. But....I have amazing news, my ortho is happy for me to change my trays every week now as I'm wearing them so well and teeth and doing what they should. I can really see big changes now and still have 19 more trays to go!!!
Ortho said the worst that can happen (by changing every week) is that trays will lose their tracking. If this happens they'll just take new impressions and send off for new trays free of charge.
Still struggling with my lisp massively but because I can see progress now it all seems worth it....at last ????????

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higs
December 3, 2016
....just realised the photo I uploaded was tray 10 so not the latest one even !!!
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