My Invisalign journey (34 year old)

Whew! I've had tray 30 in for 2 days now and boy are my teeth sore! Especially the upper 4 to 6 teeth whenever I remove the aligners to eat. Interesting how I haven't experienced this type of discomfort with any of the previous trays. I've been taking Motrin or Tylenol and thankfully they're helping.

Went to the office today to get my last 3 sets of trays. These are marked 30+, 31+, 32+ on the packaging as they are over-correction trays. I can definitely feel the tightness of these compared to the previous sets, especially in my lower teeth since I've been wearing passive aligners for a while. I'm still concerned about my upper right lateral incisor as it has not moved to the degree I have hoped to achieve at this point in the the treatment. It doesn't look bad overall, but I can still feel that this tooth is out of place when I run my tongue along the back of my upper teeth. I am still quite pleased at the overall progress of my treatment. The bottom teeth are exactly what I have envisioned. But I still thinking that I will need a refinement to get that one tooth to where I want it, which I don't mind. I can't believe how quickly time flew and the possibility that I might be done in as few as 6 more weeks.

I uploaded a few pictures that I took when I got home today. I apologize for the blurriness of some of the pics.

So, this past Tuesday I had two more attachments bonded to my teeth. One on each upper lateral incisor. Up until this point I thought this whole process was going to be pretty easy with minimal concern for my appearance when I smile or show my teeth when I talk. I'm a little disappointed by the size of these attachments. They seem a lot bigger than the other attachments and are definitely more noticeable. They also seem to be lighter in color than the rest of my teeth, but upon close inspection, they are pretty much the same color. I guess it's just the angle of the attachments. Anyway, I am a little worried that my upper right lateral incisor will not straighten out by the end of the treatment. It doesn't look terribly crooked but when I run my tongue against the back of my upper teeth, it definitely feels out of place. I received 5 more trays including #25 at this appointment. The plan is to see how satisfied I am by #29 and if I am, I can finish the treatment at that point instead of going all the way to 32. I don't know how I feel about this. On one hand I would be happy to finish early, on the other hand I wonder why Invisalign would make the treatment go up to 32 trays instead of a lesser number of trays. If I'm paying for 32, I think I should just go ahead an finish it. Not sure if there are other Invisalign users whose providers had them finish early by not using all prescribed the trays.