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Invisalign at 27 year old! Worth it or not??!!?!?!?
UPDATED FROM rimsha87
6 months post
3/4th of the way done!
$5,000
I am now officially 3/4th of the way done with my Invisalign. I am currently wearing tray 31 that I just put in two days ago. The last time I updated my review was when I was wearing tray 21. I am sticking to my routine of changing my aligners every 5 days and I haven't tried to shortened that timeframe at all. Mainly because I feel like I don't need to rush my treatment too much where i might regret it later on. Though I am almost all ready to be done to be honest. Invisalign isn't easy but no one said it was. It's a commitment. There are still times when I forget to put my aligners back in right after a meal but I have gotten disciplined at it that it doesn't happen too often.
Now for the actual update...
My canines are still sticking out and according to the clincheck video I saw at my dentist's office, they don't really align perfectly till the very end . That's the part I am looking forward to the most because I feel like that's when I'll know that this whole journey has been worth it. I have noticed small changes all around my mouth though. My bottom teeth are a little less crowded and are getting straighter with every tray. I feel the tenderness with each new tray and I love that feelings because that's how I really know that a change is happening. I have also noticed a little bit of difference with my arch widening but not enough to see it in pictures.
I am still wearing rubber bands through out the day for as much time as possible. I have the bands to correct my overbite. I won't know how well that has worked till I visit my ortho in a week when I get my last 7 sets of aligners!!
Now the only thing that's really bothersome is that my right lateral incisor has been so sensitive ever since tray 21/22. At first I thought, it was just due to some movement happening but it's a different kind of uneasiness.It's specially sensitive when I drink water or any cold drinks. It doesn't hurt like a cavity would hurt but it feels sensitive at random times. Weird thing is that I have only experienced this with just one tooth, nothing like this has happened throughout this whole treatment so far. I am going to bring that up to my dentist next week. Have any of you experienced something similar?
And finally here are some pictures from tray 22 till tray 30. I see most of the progress in my lower arch and the crowded being corrected gradually.
Now for the actual update...
My canines are still sticking out and according to the clincheck video I saw at my dentist's office, they don't really align perfectly till the very end . That's the part I am looking forward to the most because I feel like that's when I'll know that this whole journey has been worth it. I have noticed small changes all around my mouth though. My bottom teeth are a little less crowded and are getting straighter with every tray. I feel the tenderness with each new tray and I love that feelings because that's how I really know that a change is happening. I have also noticed a little bit of difference with my arch widening but not enough to see it in pictures.
I am still wearing rubber bands through out the day for as much time as possible. I have the bands to correct my overbite. I won't know how well that has worked till I visit my ortho in a week when I get my last 7 sets of aligners!!
Now the only thing that's really bothersome is that my right lateral incisor has been so sensitive ever since tray 21/22. At first I thought, it was just due to some movement happening but it's a different kind of uneasiness.It's specially sensitive when I drink water or any cold drinks. It doesn't hurt like a cavity would hurt but it feels sensitive at random times. Weird thing is that I have only experienced this with just one tooth, nothing like this has happened throughout this whole treatment so far. I am going to bring that up to my dentist next week. Have any of you experienced something similar?
And finally here are some pictures from tray 22 till tray 30. I see most of the progress in my lower arch and the crowded being corrected gradually.
UPDATED FROM rimsha87
4 months post
Halfway done!
I am now officially halfway done. I have 38 trays for the lower arch and 37 for the upper arch in total. I just started on set 21 so I am a little over halfway done. I waited for an extra week to update because I had an appointment with my ortho this week and I just wanted to get done with that and get my new trays too and also to make sure my teeth were tracking well. They are, except the movement on one side in the upper arch is a little slow, which can be a problem but for now, my ortho just told me to be really regular with my elastics wear. As I mentioned earlier, I am getting married at the end of this year- last week of december so I am doing all I can to speed things up and be done with invisalign before that. I also got the okay from my ortho on wearing my trays for 5 days instead of 10 days as initially told. Everything is going great and I couldn't be more satisfied with invisalign AND acceledent. If everything goes according to plan, I will be finishing my treatment in 7 months exactly. My initial treatment was 18 months without the use of acceledent. How freakin' crazy is that!!!!
here are some more update pictures. I usually take the pics after I am done with a set. So there are AFTER the tray mentioned in the caption.
here are some more update pictures. I usually take the pics after I am done with a set. So there are AFTER the tray mentioned in the caption.
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