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Looking for Perfect Teeth - Bucharest, Romania
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My name is Haydar, I am lebanese and living in...
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My name is Haydar, I am lebanese and living in Romania. I am 27 years old and i have always had some problems with smiling especially when taking pictures. Many people say that i have great teeth and that i should have never gone for braces or invisalign but i do see the defects and I just wanted them gone. My major issue is that my Median line in the upper jaw is a little awry and the left side of my teeth feels as though is lower than the right one. As for the lower jaw it has some crooked teeth, I don't have any problems with my bite.
After consulting an orthodontist who happens to be a friend of mine, he advised Invisalign and i just followed through.
My treatment plan is composed of 23 retainers, I started it on the 20th of january this year.
Unfortunately, i don't have so many pictures of my teeth before i started the Invisalign plan, and in some pictures my teeth look as if the are in a very good shape, I do have, however, only one picture showing more or less the real deal.
So, right now i am on my 6th retainer, I haven't seen much change yet, but i understood that's normal. So i am just gonna post some pictures, and keep you updated when needed.
After consulting an orthodontist who happens to be a friend of mine, he advised Invisalign and i just followed through.
My treatment plan is composed of 23 retainers, I started it on the 20th of january this year.
Unfortunately, i don't have so many pictures of my teeth before i started the Invisalign plan, and in some pictures my teeth look as if the are in a very good shape, I do have, however, only one picture showing more or less the real deal.
So, right now i am on my 6th retainer, I haven't seen much change yet, but i understood that's normal. So i am just gonna post some pictures, and keep you updated when needed.
UPDATED FROM H.lks
4 months post
Moving to 7th liner
Today i changed my retainers, I am now on my 7th ones, I had a little difficulty putting them on the first couple of times, but it seems to be getting easier. I don't feel any discomfort, just a little pressure which is normal i guess.
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May 2, 2014
I just realized something! If you show your teeth at rest position (like a regular smile, not teeth edge to edge) what does the midline look like? I ask because my midline is different in the two different positions. I did these pictures for fightingthefear24 a while back when he asked whether it was normal for them to be off in one position and not the other.
The quality isn't great, of course, but you can see that the midline is off in my edge-to-edge picture.
The quality isn't great, of course, but you can see that the midline is off in my edge-to-edge picture.
May 4, 2014
Yeah you're absolutely right... When teeth are edge to edge the midline will always look askew, however in my case it looks awry even when in rest position. I have been feeling a lot of pressure with the 7th tray so i am hoping my teeth are on the move :D
May 5, 2014
That's wonderful--no pain, no gain and all that :D. I wonder why they're askew with the mouth open. Does that have something to do with chewing? I should ask my dentist!
May 9, 2014
I truly have no idea... Should you find out, i would be grateful if you let me know as well :D
May 4, 2014
Haydar thanks for sharing, and your teeth look great btw. Can't wait to see the finish. Like you said no one really understands better than yourself. I am on my 11th tray of 22 and after the whole treatment I still won't be over with my teeth makeover, can't wait to see the conclusion but perfection doesn't come over night !;)
May 4, 2014
Hey there, thanks a lot for your comment. we almost have the same treatment plan, i have 23 trays and i am on my 7th now, you are a bit ahead of me ( i am jealous haha ) i won't be done either after the treatment is over, i still have to do 3 implants and i am planning on doing a gum contouring and a zoom whitening... seems like there is always something more left to do :))
May 5, 2014
Is there a reason you chose zoom over standard whitening gel you can use in your Invisalign trays? :)
May 9, 2014
well no reason in particular.. it's just that I am waiting to get rid of the attachments first and then I wanna do it at the clinic once and for all cause i am a bit lazy to do it at home :))
May 9, 2014
Ah, okay :). In case you haven't already found them (which I'm sure you have, but just in case,) here are our Zoom Reviews :).
May 8, 2014
Hi, do your aligners eventually fit snug to the teeth? Because in the picture of the 7th aligner, it looks like there is considerable space between the top teeth and the aligner.
May 9, 2014
Hey there.. actually you are right there is somewhat of space between the first two front teeth in the upper jaw and the aligner, i have spoken to my orthodontist about it but she said that i should not be concerned about it, she said that it's due to the fact that i have one tooth that is a bit longer than the other and that patients who are using invisalign are usually provided with some sort of sponges which they should bite on for like 20 minutes a day to fill that space up and which i did not get for some reason. However, i still am a little worried about this thing and I just hope it is not a major issue.
May 9, 2014
You'll see a lot of people on RealSelf referring to chewies. They're those sponges, and you should definitely use them if at all possible!
May 15, 2014
I asked my orthodontist about them, she said they are nowhere to be found in Romania.. So i don't know where i could get them.
May 16, 2014
Huh. I never used them, so I don't even know what they're made out of. Terrible! I know PreOrtho uses them. Maybe she has a good idea of a substitute one could use. I just chewed on my trays while I had them in, which worked great short-term but wasn't great for my jaw or bite in the long run.
May 16, 2014
You can buy chewies on dentakit.com. They ship internationally, but I think it's fairly expensive.
June 2, 2014
BTW, we finally have a few dental topic videos here on RealSelf. This Introduction to Invisalign: <rs-video-player video='{"id":"1287","external_id":"3596907410001","uri":"video\/what-is-invisalign-by-wilson-orthodontics"}'></rs-video-player> actually shows what chewies look like and how they are used. Go to 1 minute into the video. It seems to me that you should be able to use any kind of firm plastic/rubber foam that is food safe (without dangerous chemicals, since it goes in your mouth and will bread down a bit with chewing).
May 9, 2014
Hi! Well ur teeth r in pretty good shape pre-Invisalign. I really think ur results will be amazing since u already have a great smile! I hope u gt thru this journey and end w what u want!
May 15, 2014
thank you.. I am really anxious about the results as I haven't seen any change since i began my treatment... I hope that will change soon because i am starting to freak out :))
May 16, 2014
Don't be freaked lol. I felt just like u do. I think my changes r more obvious bc my teeth were much more misaligned compared to ur teeth which r predominantly straight. But keep patient, ur not halfway thru yet, so the changes will come. And when u do see them, they'll be changes tray after tray ;)
June 2, 2014
I went to see my ortho last week, she said my teeth are moving perfectly i just can't see it :)))
UPDATED FROM H.lks
4 months post
Tray 8
So today i moved up the ladder to tray number 8... I had a bit of a hard time putting the lower ones on, it took me a while to fix them on, as for the upper ones they were much easier to put on, and it feels like I have been wearing them for some time for there is no pain or even pressure whatsoever, which is a bit weird i suppose. Frankly, after 14 weeks of wearing trays, i have not seen the slightest difference between the way my teeth used to be before invisalign and the way they are now, and i am starting to get pretty worried about this. My orthodontist says that i won't be seeing any visible results before the latest stages so I hope she's right.
PS: i have a crown on one of my back teeth and the attachment I had on it fell down almost 3 weeks ago, my orthodontist said that it is pointless to put another attachment because it will keep falling. Is that ok ?
PS: i have a crown on one of my back teeth and the attachment I had on it fell down almost 3 weeks ago, my orthodontist said that it is pointless to put another attachment because it will keep falling. Is that ok ?
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