Invisalign Trays 17.

A double celebration this week – a birthday (luckily not  milestone one) and a whole THIRD of the way through this process. Hurrah….a 1/3….unbelievable! Well correction – a third of the planned 51 trays that the clincheck model shows. I am beginning to understand that this process can go off piste at any stage and refinements can take many months. It seems a long old process, and so the next milestone is now the half way mark.

The latest top tray is relatively loose as usual and so I still have concerns that the widening of the arch is actually working. I still cannot see any real movement at the sides at all.

The bottom tray is tight as usual and ouch when I took it out today after a few hours to eat breakfast. A few teeth including the Mutley canine are still pushing out and are beginning to look quite prominent but IPR to three of these teeth is planned for around February when hopefully they will begin to get pushed back in again.

No more ulcers, and no sharp edges on this set. My tennis buddy with Lingual braces is having all sorts of complications, with wax dropping off, power chains breaking, and now the latest it that she may have to have invisalign type retainers for 3 months at the end of treatment. So far I am still pleased with the flexibility of invisalign – the question still remains will they actual do what has been planned in the timeframe stated?

Keep the faith, and eat the cake.