25 Y/o Female Finally Fixing Her Teeth! - Virginia Beach, VA

I have just completed tray 26/53 (week 28/55) and am halfway through this process. I am posting a picture so you can see. The most progress has been in my arch, it is much wider. This has allowed my teeth to spread out and not be so crowded. Around week 36 the furthest left of my front four teeth will finally be out with the others, which is what I am looking forward to most!

I went to the ortho yesterday and received trays 27-32, and will be back in 6 weeks to again check in. I still am wearing each tray for just one week.

Thanks!

Woo almost half way! I don't really have any new or exciting updates. I received trays 21-26 earlier this week, and will continue changing them every week and wearing my rubber bands. I am really bad about wearing them as much as I should (the rubber bands), but I'm going to try a lot harder to stick with it over the next 6 weeks. I will update you after my next ortho appoint, when I will be HALF WAY DONE!!!
I am attaching a progress pic. My teeth are less curved inward, and my teeth are finally beginning to straighten out now that they have the room to.
Thanks!

I'm excited to be almost a third of the way through my initial treatment. Today in my orthodontist appointment, I was given the a-okay to continue with only doing 1 tray a week, and to start rubber bands! I'm attaching pictures, but essentially there are little hooks cut into the tray that allow me to use a rubber band to bring my lower jaw more forward. It's a bit uncomfortable, and I will have change into new rubber bands every time I take out my trays (so they gave me a lot of them). Opening my mouth more than a little is difficult and I'm a but nervous about how my face will look with my jaw now being pulled forward...? I guess I will just have to wait and see.

I will update again at my next ortho appointment in 6 weeks when I will be at Tray 22/53!