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25 Years Old, 1 Child, Working Full Time, Student Part Time. Overbite and Overlapping Front Teeth, over jet- Omaha, NE
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My parents always told me I had a beautiful white...
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My parents always told me I had a beautiful white healthy smile so even though I begged for braces in high school they felt it was unnecessary and wasted money. I beg to differ. I've been saving up for a really long time and I'm finally able to afford it. I have a set of 58 TRAYS!!! Top and bottom! Ugh! But I was told this orthodontist is a perfectionist so even though this will take 2 years I trust him. My smile has always greatly affected my life. I hate pictures especially! I'm on my first set of trays and figure I'll repost every 3 months so you can hopefully ???? see a difference. So far I've had a few issues 2 of my total 11 attachments have already fallen off in the first 2 days. I waited 12 hours after they were first put on before I wore my first set of trays so i already need to go back in to get them fixed. But here it goes. Hoping 2 years goes by successfully
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Replies (20)
November 11, 2014
Your teeth are Hollywood white! They're gonna be gorgeous after this process!
November 11, 2014
Hey thanks! Now only if they would stay that way! I was a crest white strip user before and I'm not allowed to use them anymore with the attachments being on. Depending on how much my ortho charges I'll probably get them whited again when I'm done with Invisalign. The most affordable way are the strips I'm proof they work amazing right?!
November 24, 2014
I actually use a kit I got from Walmart for less than $10! It's called Plus White 5 minute. It's a gel you put in your slingers and then rinse out after 5-10 mins and it works well! And no sensitivity which is a huge factor for me. Others have raved about it so I gave it a try
November 17, 2014
I posted the modifications on my page. I think every time I applied the rubber bands to the top hook first and then attached it to the bottom, with Invisalign being flexible and the hook being so small it gradually just pulled the hook outward. Few weeks in now then I don't have any problems with it at all. Can't even tell the rubber bands or trays are in my mouth anymore.
July 7, 2016
That's exactly the kind of trays I have. I am 8 days into Tray 10 at the moment, which is my first tray with elastics. The metal attachment on my right rear molar (which is a crown, by the way), cuts into my cheek, and I have to stick a cotton ball in there. Eating is really hard. I think that the cutouts on the tray over the canines are beginning to stretch a bit as you suggested, but they don't hurt much yet. Until I got the elastics, I would just snip that little cutout off and file it down, so this is a big change.
UPDATED FROM Shan44
2 months post
2 months in just started 5th tray!!
From the front view there is little to no difference. I'm updating right now because as of 11/5/14 I just started wearing rubber bands to fix my over bite. They told me originally it would take about a year before I would see the crowding in the front start to straighten out because they are moving my molars farther back in my mouth one by one. My Dr said my teeth are moving so well though that instead of having to wear my trays 2 weeks at a time I now only have to wear them for one week at a time!! Which cuts my original treatment in half!!! Only down part is that my mouth is going to be constantly sore. Beauty is pain though right!! You can see that my back right(back left in the picture) molar had moved quite a bit from the others. Excited to see some change even if it's not a lot! Hope to see some changes within the next 3-6 months!
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November 9, 2014
Wow! Now you're the second person I've seen who was recommended to go down to a 1-week wear-time. This was highly unorthodox before, and very controversial. I wonder if some new research has come out from Invisalign making this possible! The other person doing this is suefox, and you can see her review here. I'm going to send her your way as well.
November 11, 2014
my ortho told me that in Japan, they issue abt 100 trays(!) which patients change sooner than 2 weeks. the movements for each tray is made really small so they can control them to perfection. I wonder if this is the approach taken by shan44's ortho? 58 trays does sound like a lot considering that her crowding isn't severe...just a guess!
November 11, 2014
I was thinking that too! Posted the same idea on suefox's page! That would be my best guess since I typically don't hear people going past a year. I'll ask my ortho how much my teeth are moving with each tray. That theory could be correct!
November 11, 2014
I definitely have heard before about some doctors doubling the number of trays and making faster changes. Makes for cleaner trays for sure :). I am really curious what Invisalign thinks of this practice and whether they've tested it this way. I can imagine they have.
November 11, 2014
I haven't heard of it and it makes me worry about tooth resorption but I trust my orthodontist. I mean he even has that iTero machine to do the molds now instead of the nasty goop they use originally. It's pretty cool and so far has been an easy process.
I know we have a couple of others with lots of trays like you--harpurp got 56 trays, for example. But I'm wondering if your doctor was explicit about what was the most difficult to fix. And also, did you get a ClinCheck? Your price was great though, especially for such a long treatment! Are retainers included?
And thanks for the extra pics! That makes a huge difference. Now I think I can see both an overbite and an overjet (which isn't that unusual, of course, but I could see neither before.) Your bottom teeth look relatively good, though--just a little crowding. I'm wondering whether the doctor is planning on expanding the entire lower arch--cause that would take time.
The one on the left is what the elastic hooks onto directly. The one on the right is if they attach a button to your tooth--the cutout makes room for the button. Sometimes they do one of each. There are varying shapes, but that's the general idea :).