June 17, 2018

Treatment 4 Begins Tomorrow!

Tomorrow my new journey begins. I will be getting clear braces for my top teeth and invisalign trays for my bottom teeth. I've never had braces before, so I'm kind of nervous. Everyone I've asked told me they are going to be painful and stuff is going to get stuck in them, a lot. I may have gone a little overboard getting prepared for that.

Stuff I bought in fear of having dirty braces
It's been a long time since I've had a reason to post. I had to clean up my blog like woah. So far I've redone the navigation, made updates to show my new treatment info, and posted my new 'before' to track my progress. Looking forward to sharing the dirty deets here.
SPOILER ALERT: I'm going to be in pain and will likely post about it.

June 29, 2013

Progress weeks 47-48 after FINAL TRAY...or is it?

Below are the pictures after the final tray in my plan. Not gonna lie I was pretty stoked thinking I was done with this after almost a year....however...I got my attachments taken off at the dentist and we decided that additional trays would be needed to correct some teeth that were still kind of out of line. At the end of the day it was my decision and, after all, the additional trays will be at no cost since the plan was paid for in full.

I'll be writing more about getting my attachments removed and why I choose to get additional trays tin my next post. Stay tuned! In the mean time here are the "final" photos. Check out My Progress page for before and after shots to date.


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Progress Weeks 45-46

Just catching up since it's been a couple months since I've posted.

Below are Images After: Tray 23   (taken on 5/20/2013)
Remaining Trays in Treatment: 1


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Progress Weeks 43-44

Just catching up since it's been a couple months since I've posted.

Below are Images After: Tray 22   (taken on 5/6/2013)
Remaining Trays in Treatment: 2


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Progress Weeks 41-42

Just catching up since it's been a couple months since I've posted.

Below are Images After: Tray 21   (taken on 4/21/2013)
Remaining Trays in Treatment: 3

The lighting in my bathroom is crazy and very yellow. As you can see (in the second image) at the wrong angle the teeth start looking pretty dingy!

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Progress Weeks 39-40

Just catching up since it's been a couple months since I've posted.

Below are Images After: Tray 20   (taken on 4/6/2013)
Remaining Trays in Treatment: 4
Important Note:  As you proceed through the length of your treatment, you start to understand how your teeth move and how they feel. You tend to wear your trays less than you intend and day's start "slipping" - in this case I slipped one day and used this tray 15 days (instead of 14) before I changed it.


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Progress Weeks 37-38

Just catching up since it's been a couple months since I've posted.

Below are Images After: Tray 19   (taken on 3/24/2013)
Remaining Trays in Treatment: 5


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