Friday 25 October 2013

Friday 11 October 2013

Tray 2 and ATTACHMENTS

Finished tray 2 today, one month anniversary to me!! Also, got my dreaded attachments and omg does it look like i have braces.. My Dr told me that they will become less noticeable once my teeth settle into the trays but i don't see how!!! However, you can't see them when the trays aren't on.

This is my teeth with the trays in..


This is with the trays out:
and these pictures are for overall progress from tray 2:




Tuesday 24 September 2013

Tray 1

I'm supposed to changing trays on Friday but I was feeling that my aligner was becoming very loose and I could lift it off with my tongue. I also found a crack on my top aligner!! But anyway decided to change early because I'm very impatient. When people say that invisalign weeks go so fast, they're lying. I mean it could just be that this was my first tray, but the week went so slow, it felt like ages since i went to see my orthodontists and it was only less than 2 weeks ago!

Here are some pictures of what my teeth look like after tray one. There is so no difference at all, I think this tray was just a training tray to get my teeth used to it or maybe a "primer" tray to get the teeth a bit looser ready for real movement.




So I've put the trays in and it seems that my bottom tray doesn't fit me!! My two back molars on my right side don't seem to be fitting into the trays and so whenever i bite down it just bounces back up, kinda feels spongy. Please, if you've ever had this problem tell me how to fix it because I'm scared xD

I'm getting my attachments (all 21) on 11th Oct! Will update then!


Saturday 14 September 2013

Picturesss

Okay so these pictures are of my teeth before the treatment



So as you can see that tooth on my upper jaw is hiding away and i want it to come out of hybernation! Also a few misaligned teeth on my lower jaw!


And this is me with my aligners in


I'm telling you they don't look as noticeable as this!! I mean this is a defined picture of a close up so please don't let this put you off!! Get invisalign! 

Friday 13 September 2013

GOT MY ALIGNERS!

Got a call yesterday telling me my aligners are in and i should make an appointment for today! Went there and the orthodontists told me to slip them on (told me i was a pro) and take them off. I was so amazed as to how invisible they are, i can't even see them myself, I'M NOT EVEN JOKING!! I will be getting my attachments in a month (two on my front teeth) so i dunno how invisible they'll be then but for now i'm really happy. He gave me my trays and only one container thing to put my aligners in - reading and watching previous blogs, i had thought i'd be getting two but i only got the red one. He then booked me for next month when i'll be getting my attachments!

When i first put them on they didn't feel tight at all and i thought i'd try my second trays on to see if there was any difference. To my surprise my second trays did not fit my back teeth so I'm thinking that my first trays are actually moving my teeth even though they don't feel tight. After two hours of wearing them, I put my aligners in some water and ate my dinner. When i finished, brushed my teeth and aligners, i slipped them back in and they felt really tight (really like the feeling btw).

That's it for now, will update soon. Also I will be putting pictures up when my phone is charged ;)


Friday 9 August 2013

ClinCheck! - Crossbite

So it came earlier than expected!! (the day after x-rays) and I have my clincheck!!

So 23 aligners and 21 ATTACHMENTS!!!! WHATTT. And they're on my front teeth!!!! I'm going to ask my orthodontics if it's necessary.

But here are my videos

So, there you go! I'm guessing I'll have the attachments on the 3rd tray. Will be posting pictures of my teeth when I actually get my aligners! Feel free to ask any questions


X-Ray and Scanning

I'm a 17 year old girl who had previously had braces but didn't wear the retainers (hehe, naughty) and so therefore, my teeth had shifted!! I wanted invisalign because I didn't think the thought of me getting braces again were very appealing as I have a job where it's very customer based and it's also working with food, I also go to college and so I didn't want people to notice I was fixing my teeth. So, after doing some research and visiting loads of orthodontics I finally decided on invisalign.

I had my first proper appointment yesterday and after reading some blogs I was quite nervous with getting my moulds taken. But, just to my surprise they had this little scanning machine which could take your bite digitally. What they basically do with the scanner is scan over every tooth which takes quite a while and it blows air into your mouth which makes your mouth so dry. Once they scan every tooth they ask you to bite down to scan your bite. After that, the Dr took me into an x-ray room. Not only did i have wonky teeth but I found out that my wisdom teeth are in a very weird position to grow and the roots haven't formed yet! D: scary! After the x-rays were finished, he took me back to the room and we had a look at my teeth from the front, side and from inside/back (which i'd never seen before). My teeth are in bad shape! After all that was done I signed a few forms and the receptionist told me that the clincheck video would be ready in 2-4 weeks and they would email it to me. If I was completely happy with the results I would then have to email back to confirm everything and I would then be able to get my aligners after 10-14 days after confirming!!! I read some blogs saying it would take 6-8 weeks, but I guess I'm just lucky. So hopefully I'll be starting my invisalign journey by september, so excited!