Going for it to fix Upper and Lower Crowding - New Windsor, NY

I finished my treatment in late Aug - 13 months from start to finish. Happy with the results - smile isn't perfect, but soooo much better than it was when I started. Very happy with Invisalign!

I haven't updated in soooo long, but here's where I'm at: In January 2015 my top teeth had not progressed as my dentist would have liked, so he ordered a correction. I was at tray #12 or 13 of 24 at that point. New impressions were taken and I had a 6 week wait for the new trays to arrive. Hated to lose the time, but what can you do. I am now on Tray 9 of 12 and hoping I will need any further corrections/new trays. My lower teeth are FINALLY coming in line, though still not where I want them to be. Top seems to have stopped progressing again, but I can live with these results. At this point - nearly the one year mark - I am so ready to get these aligners out of my mouth forever and remove the buttons. My teeth need a good whitening to be sure! About a month into it I gave in and starting drinking my coffee with the trays in. Discoloration is apparent, but have had two check ups since and no cavities like I was warned about.

I'm still filing the sharp edges of every tray before putting them in and rarely do I have any irritation. Most trays nowadays are tight, but not painful. I always pop a new tray in before bed so I have 7-8 hours to get used to them while I sleep.

No doubt I am happy I invested in this procedure, even more so now that I can see the finish line!

I survived the dreaded impressions and await my corrected set of aligners which should take another 2 weeks to come in. In the meantime, I have to keep wearing Tray 12. I have found that soaking them for at least an hour in a mix of 3/4 peroxide and 1/4 water helps tremendously to keep them looking clean. Disappointed to be 'wasting' time stuck in tray 12, but what can you do.

Now that my top teeth are straightening out, I can see the difference in the length of my front 6 teeth is more pronounced. My dentist promises he will 'fix' that by lengthening the two shorter teeth.

I find the straighter my teeth get, the more obsessed I become about wanting them to be perfect. Dying to get my teeth whitened, but my dentist doesn't want to do so until the buttons (aka teeth razors) come off.

OK, off to wait patiently for #13....