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Almost a year later
Alright so I guess I have quite a bit to discuss since I haven't made in update on here in over a year. It's not that my treatment isn't going because I have had some amazing results, it's jus that I don't care too much for writing.
Let me just say that this has been a journey and I am not quite done yet but I believe I will only have a month or two to go. I completed my 26 trays I was originally given, started end of May finished around December 2017. They took all my attachments off (left the hooks on for my rubber bands...ugh) and rescanned my teeth so I could get a whole new set of 26 trays. It was a nice break to have my attachments off and only have to wear trays at night for a month but I think it made me get lazy about wearing my trays. Right around that time in December I noticed my gap was almost completely gone and my teeth looked great! So when I had to get attachments put back on in January and I got my new set of trays I was only wearing them for about 15-20 hours out of the day instead if the recommended 22 hours. I always feel guilty about having them out for too long but the orthodontist said I'm on track so I guess it wasn't too bad. I am just more than ready to be done with Invisalign and only have to wear a retainer at night.
So as of right now I'm on tray 16 out of 26 of my second set of 26 trays and my teeth don't ever really hurt too much anymore. One thing I will say is that if you have a dog don't leave your trays laying around because my dog has chewed my trays up 3 or 4 times now and I just have to skip to the next weeks tray early. I will try to post a final update of my teeth when I am completely finished with it. For now here are some updated pictures of my teeth!
Let me just say that this has been a journey and I am not quite done yet but I believe I will only have a month or two to go. I completed my 26 trays I was originally given, started end of May finished around December 2017. They took all my attachments off (left the hooks on for my rubber bands...ugh) and rescanned my teeth so I could get a whole new set of 26 trays. It was a nice break to have my attachments off and only have to wear trays at night for a month but I think it made me get lazy about wearing my trays. Right around that time in December I noticed my gap was almost completely gone and my teeth looked great! So when I had to get attachments put back on in January and I got my new set of trays I was only wearing them for about 15-20 hours out of the day instead if the recommended 22 hours. I always feel guilty about having them out for too long but the orthodontist said I'm on track so I guess it wasn't too bad. I am just more than ready to be done with Invisalign and only have to wear a retainer at night.
So as of right now I'm on tray 16 out of 26 of my second set of 26 trays and my teeth don't ever really hurt too much anymore. One thing I will say is that if you have a dog don't leave your trays laying around because my dog has chewed my trays up 3 or 4 times now and I just have to skip to the next weeks tray early. I will try to post a final update of my teeth when I am completely finished with it. For now here are some updated pictures of my teeth!
Starting Second Tray Update
I just started my second tray last night and I'm back to having pain again, although it isn't as bad as my first tray pain was. I'm just hoping this won't happen every week I have to change into a new tray.
I also have a confession...I was doing really good with drinking only water while I had the trays in and yesterday I was having such a rough day that I caved and drank a soda through a straw while I was at work. I know it's bad but I'm gonna try not to do it often. My dentist told me this horror story of this one girl who had invisalign and always drank soda and juice and sugary drinks with them in and her teeth just eventually started to crumble from all the sugar basically soaking onto the teeth. I don't want my teeth to rot! All I can think about is that horror story haha.
I also have a confession...I was doing really good with drinking only water while I had the trays in and yesterday I was having such a rough day that I caved and drank a soda through a straw while I was at work. I know it's bad but I'm gonna try not to do it often. My dentist told me this horror story of this one girl who had invisalign and always drank soda and juice and sugary drinks with them in and her teeth just eventually started to crumble from all the sugar basically soaking onto the teeth. I don't want my teeth to rot! All I can think about is that horror story haha.
3D Treatment View
This is something that my orthodontist sent me and it's my treatment plan and I took a screenshot of what my teeth look like with the first tray and what they'll look like with the last tray.