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New crown but not feeling like a princess

22 Sunday May 2016

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New crown but not feeling like a princess. So after 3 valium tablets and a big injection I survived a LOT of drilling and a new temporary crown. No root canal yet but my dentist says this will depend on if I have any pain over the next 2 weeks before I get the permanent crown. With the invisalign it is hard to tell if the pain is the trays or the dodgy tooth.  After the procedure my face looked awlful – all droopy so I felt awlful that I had asked my friend and god daughter to pick me up from the dentist. I got home and then pretty much passed out for 2 hrs on the sofa – that has never happened  before!

Anyway onwards and upwards…….you can see below the new attachments at the front but I have got so used to them now I don’t really care what people think. Most of the movement now for the year ahead is widening the teeth at the side and a last little tweak to the two front teeth to straighten them up.

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Invisalign Revision Trays 1!

16 Monday May 2016

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Invisalign Revision Trays 1/26! ….following the first 30 trays….Just another year to go……………So after the 3D scan and waiting for the new trays to be made, I visited my dentist on Thursday and had all of the old attachments filed off and the new ones put back on. It took quite some time and was completely painless other than the hideous new mouth opening plastic thingy that he wedged into my mouth – it was WAY to big and split the side of my mouth, so 5 days later I am still healing up again – I was less than impressed with that. The good news is the new trays are super tight and fit much more snuggly than the previous ones, and are made from a thinner plastic too. So back to the old routine. The new plan has no IPR although I still believe that the bottom teeth will need this to avoid black triangles being on show as the teeth are not rectangular.

The cavity issue is a real worry however so NO more fizzy drinks for sure. I am back to the dentist this Friday for a minimum of two inlays at £250 each, as he wants to use a material called Zirconia as apparently very hard and looks very natural. One might need a root canal (I have never had one in my life before) and it might need a crown – so I am probably looking at £1000………….I am still shocked that my dentist did not see this big crater of a hole and the scanner did not pick it up. I now believe that Invisalign trays DO raise the risk of tooth decay, and I want to get some Tooth Mousse that apparently can help to reduce the risk. I have always brushed twice a day as a minimum and soak them every day in mouth wash but still eat chocolate.

I am a very nervous patient after the same dental practice having once given me an injection in the wrong place and getting my optical nerve by mistake….and not believing me when I said I was not numb in the right place, so I am having to take a valium tablet before the next procedure to stop me running out mid treatment!

On a  positive note the smile is coming along slowly – and I have to remind myself that I am over half way there now. :-))