TRAY 15!

It's been a long time!! But i'm pleased to say I have nearly finished the course of my treatment. I have received trays 16, 17, 18 and 19 out of 23 so a few more months to go!

here are a few pictures of my progress

Tray 3

My progress so far!

So first tray with my attachments killllleledleld! but i sort of loved it! ;)

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:

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!

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!