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Tooth Not Tracking
SIGHHHHHH
3 weeks ago I noticed my front left canine wasn't tracking. There was space between the bottom of my tooth and the tray. My orthodontist asked me to keep my trays in an extra week (so, two weeks) if the trays weren't fitting well after one. I wanted to do that, but noticed my tray had cracked near that canine, so I moved to the next tray. Last week, after two weeks in that tray, I went in to see my ortho, who wants me to try keeping it in another two weeks to see if the tooth catches up. If it doesn't, we may try to move on without that tooth for awhile to fix some of the other big problems. I really hope we can go that route for awhile to straighten out my right side before doing a mid course correction or whatever may need to happen. So again... sigh.
3 weeks ago I noticed my front left canine wasn't tracking. There was space between the bottom of my tooth and the tray. My orthodontist asked me to keep my trays in an extra week (so, two weeks) if the trays weren't fitting well after one. I wanted to do that, but noticed my tray had cracked near that canine, so I moved to the next tray. Last week, after two weeks in that tray, I went in to see my ortho, who wants me to try keeping it in another two weeks to see if the tooth catches up. If it doesn't, we may try to move on without that tooth for awhile to fix some of the other big problems. I really hope we can go that route for awhile to straighten out my right side before doing a mid course correction or whatever may need to happen. So again... sigh.
Tray 13
I've seen some major movement lately! Not a lot has changed in the wear/Acceledent/etc realm, but I can definitely tell my teeth are moving. I've attached a picture of Tray 1 vs Tray 13. I feel like one of my teeth isn't tracking very well in this tray and my Acceledent mouthpiece also feels like it's not fitting correctly, so I'm going to give my orthodontist a call tomorrow. Otherwise... onward!
Tray 8!
Had a check-up today. Orthodontist says I'm tracking really well and he seems pleased with Acceledent. Popped in tray 8 and was told to keep changing every 7 days as long as the trays are fitting well, which hasn't been a problem at all so far. In fact, last week I waited an extra day to change because I thought the tray was being stubborn but turns out it was actually loose and that's why it felt like it wasn't fitting well!
I've officially missed one day of Acceledent, out of... 29. Not bad. I had a day where work kept me away from home much longer than expected, and then I had dinner plans. Those are excuses but it's the truth - if I had planned better on that day I would have just done it in the morning.
Today I was given trays 8-19, which are the majority of my "exciting trays" as I've dubbed them. My front teeth will be flat straight across the front by the time these trays are done, which is super exciting. I should start seeing that movement with tray 8 actually.
Tray 7 was my most painful tray of them all so far. That tray introduced power ridges to my bottom front teeth to get them to tilt out instead of in, so those teeth ached a good amount for a few days. Still not bad enough that I've had to take pain medication of any sort, though.
I've been pretty good about wearing the trays 22 hours/day as well. As I mentioned before that includes leaving them in for beer as I work at a brewery. But I've been to several dinner parties and other outings with minimal problems. Hardest was probably a beer festival I worked a few weekends ago - two day affair and you have to eat when you can, so I was popping them in and out more often than normal.
Super excited that tray 19 is in my hands, even if it's going to be awhile before I'm in it! Makes it seem more manageable. I pulled up my ClinCheck again today to admire what changes will be happening soon :)
I've officially missed one day of Acceledent, out of... 29. Not bad. I had a day where work kept me away from home much longer than expected, and then I had dinner plans. Those are excuses but it's the truth - if I had planned better on that day I would have just done it in the morning.
Today I was given trays 8-19, which are the majority of my "exciting trays" as I've dubbed them. My front teeth will be flat straight across the front by the time these trays are done, which is super exciting. I should start seeing that movement with tray 8 actually.
Tray 7 was my most painful tray of them all so far. That tray introduced power ridges to my bottom front teeth to get them to tilt out instead of in, so those teeth ached a good amount for a few days. Still not bad enough that I've had to take pain medication of any sort, though.
I've been pretty good about wearing the trays 22 hours/day as well. As I mentioned before that includes leaving them in for beer as I work at a brewery. But I've been to several dinner parties and other outings with minimal problems. Hardest was probably a beer festival I worked a few weekends ago - two day affair and you have to eat when you can, so I was popping them in and out more often than normal.
Super excited that tray 19 is in my hands, even if it's going to be awhile before I'm in it! Makes it seem more manageable. I pulled up my ClinCheck again today to admire what changes will be happening soon :)