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Invisalign Trays No 22!

06 Sunday Dec 2015

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Invisalign Trays No 22!  22/52 and getting nearer to the big half way milestone. Nothing much new to report other than a very stratchy set this time and more soreness at the sharp edges. My front LHS bottom teeth are now looking really quite odd – and skewed, the trays have now caused a horrid underbite on one side so I just have to keep reminding myself that this is part of a long journey and that I have to trust my dentist to know what he is doing – not that he is doing anything really other than checking that they still fit each 3 months or so. I suppose I didn’t quite realise that they could look so odd.  But the top ones are coming along slowly – it is the widening of the arch that I am after and I suppose that it is a long process. I do have a niggling feeling that even when I get to the end of this there might be refinements! I hope everyone else’s treatment plans are going ok? Lispth 0/10 (that means no ill effects) pain 1/10 discomfort 3/10, boredom factor with them 7/10!

Invisalign Trays No 19 Orthodontists review

30 Friday Oct 2015

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Invisalign Trays No 19 Orthodontists review.

9 months in. Well just a quick update on my visit to the orthodontist this week. We poured over the clincheck model to talk about the teeth I was worried are looking worse not better – the Mutley canine in particular, but I was assured to keep the faith and just keep wearing the trays, so no refinement at this stage…..phew

What threw me was his comment that invisalign strategies have “moved on” and so now there is an option of a solution involving NO IPR but it could take up to another 6 months if I wanted this and he couldn’t tell me what it would look like other than “better” – so not much to make a decision on! I liked the idea of not having to have my teeth filed down but hated the idea of yet more months in this plastic for something that I could not see a plan for – and that would be almost another 2 yrs!!!!! He has also ordered new sophisticated scanning equipment but won’t have it until June 2016 so unlikely to decide on a refinement until this arrives – beyond the date of my planned IPR in February/ March. Hmmmm……so

We also talked about Invisalign’s ability to widen the arch and I questioned him about the long term stability…..he showed me some impressive work just done on some other patients but does not yet have any evidence that it has held 5 yrs down the line.

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Invisalign Trays 14

15 Saturday Aug 2015

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I visisted my dentist today to see how things are progressing, and I was given a virtual A+, apparently trays are fitting well and things are moving according to the Clincheck model. So I skipped home with trays 14-19 in my bag.

Apparently not only are my teeth being moved but my upper arch jaw bone is being widened by invisalign – first time I realised that – but all sounds good to me.  Big Bertha the bottom molar with the titantic tilt has not really moved but I as assured this will  happen slowly, we did also discuss the bottom few front teeth as one needs a rotation but does not have any attachments, so my dentist did aknowledge that and said that now my package includes refinements as needed during the process so we will need to keep a close eye on it to see if it is being moved without the attachment.

One of my upper front teeth has not moved down yet oh and apparently i had a chip to my upper canine I never noticed before – a side effect of Invisalign treatment is the obsession with the detail.

Tray 14 again shows no pressure to the upper tray but ouch the bottom front few teeth are sore – as still being pushed forwards before they get IPR next year.

Patience patience patience…….