Invisalign Treatment: 2011

Sunday, September 25, 2011

Aligner 25 of 28 - Attachments are off

Well, I've made it to aligner 25 of 28. The last 3 aligners of treatment, 26 -28 are I'm told "spacers" which apparently close remaining spaces between teeth after all movement has taken place. I'm not 100% happy with my results - I feel as though my front teeth still protrude slightly, and the two teeth beside my front teeth need to rotate more to sit flush with my front teeth (rather than slightly behind as the do right now). With that being said, my dentist agreed and during my last visit, he took my attachments off and took new measurements (same gooey molds as we did right at the start) in order to do case refinements.Case refinements aren't that unusual, although I did hope that I would be one of the lucky ones that wouldn't need them. Still, I would prefer to get the best possible results from the Invisalign product, so happy to go through the process of refinements. There's a 4 week wait for the refinement aligners to arrive - I will continue wearing aligner 25 until then. At this stage, i have no idea how many refinement aligners I will require (my dentist said it can range from 5-14), but will keep you posted on my progress!

Friday, August 5, 2011

Pre-treatment

Aligner 22 of 28...... almost there!

Aligner 22

Thursday, July 7, 2011

Aligner 20 already!

Apologies for the long break between posts, the past 3 months have flown!!

I have started a new job, moved house and managed to reach aligner 20. For any of you worried about the length of time invisalign takes, don't. It honestly goes so quickly, you'll be done before you know it. I have posted some photos below so you can see the progress so far. I'm just over 2/3 of the way through treatment and as you can see there has been a lot of movement already. I am so happy with the results so far, especially when looking at these photos. Still a little way to go, but the end is in sight.

I've had no problems with the aligners in the past few months and everything is moving as it should. I have been very diligent with wearing them each fortnight, aside from the occasional wedding or event where the 22 hours a day is near impossible, I have managed to stick to it.

I am taking a trip to Bali for a friends wedding in a couple of weeks. I am anticipating that this trip will bring the biggest challenge of my Invisalign adventure so far. I am more than used to brushing my teeth anywhere I can find a public bathroom, but cleaning my teeth and aligners avoiding the tap water may take some practice. I will let you know how I go.

Well, until next time, I hope I am providing some insight into the Invisalign product!