Ouch… I needed a few fillings during Invisalign!

I thought I would post a small update, from over here in Bratislava, Slovakia. I’m on my Christmas holidays and had a check up with a Slovak dentist here (a very good family friend), and it turns out that I needed some fillings. I knew I needed at least on filling but my orthodontist told me that he wouldn’t do any treatment on my teeth whilst I’m having Invisalign.

After the check up with the dentist out here, it turns out I needed 4 fillings in the top teeth. I have to say I was a little shocked, having never had a filling or any work done on my teeth in 28 years. However, it needed to be done, no matter how worried I was. I’d only ever seen the TV with horror shows depicting dentists as nasty places to go! Lest face it, no one really likes having their teeth drilled now do they?

So I had the four fillings done, and my teeth feel a little weird now, but the good news is there’s no impact on my Invisalign trays with the fillings in. I only have one more tray to go after this one anyway, so I thought it would be ideal to get them now, or rather my girlfriend did

Okay, so that’s a small update – I’m off now for some more awesome food, mulled wine, and snowboarding.

Thanks for reading
~Adam

A small update before I’m done.

So I realised I’ve not been around here for a while. I’m well into my refinements, and they’re looking good – however, I’m not going to post any pictures just yet.

I am on number 7 of 10 trays for my refinements and am really happy with how they’re turning out. They’re looking really straight. The only issue I have at the minute is the uneven bottom for the top front teeth because of the movement it’s highlighted some chips, but I’m hoping to have this sorted out when I go in for my final review in January.

As for now, I’m getting ready for the holidays, flying out to Bratislava to spend Christmas with my girlfriends family. So I will return in the new year, with new pictures for what I hope will be my final comparison for you..

Thanks for reading.
~Adam

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My refinements have arrived.

Okay so last week my refinements finally arrived. But it took a call from me to find out – apparently they’d been sitting at the dentist waiting for me to call to make an appointment, but how was I to know that they were ready.

Anyway, I’ve got to have another 7 aligners on the top, and no further ones on the bottom. But I also have another 3 added to the 7 for ’space saving’ which is where they move the teeth in closer together if required at the end of treatment just to finish it all off.

So in all I’m a little dissapointed that I’m going to end the year as I started it – in braces – but I’m looking forward to now having a clear ending in sight.

I’ve one attachment now for the rest of the aligners on the side, so fortunately nothing on the front of my teeth again.

I won’t post any pictures now because they’re the same as the previous post, but will update again in 6 weeks after I’ve been for some more trays.

Thanks for reading.
~Adam

Final before and after photo’s… However…

….I’ve not completed.

I knew for a while that I didn’t think the final results would be the end of my Invisalign journey. I could tell I’d still need a certain about of work done to my teeth after I’d finished the prescribed course. Well today I visited my Orthodontist and he confirmed I was eligable for the refinements and we began the process.

We discussed what I wasn’t happy with, and specifically a couple of the upper teeth had not rotated correctly, so we’re going to correct that, then cap/level out the bottom of my teeth as a few chips in them give them an uneven look to them.

I will start with showing you the before and after Invisalign photo’s here; then discuss what I had to go through to get the refinements.

From the front:

From the side:

From the other side:

View of the arch bottom & top:

As you can see I’ve come a long way from the original look of the teeth, and all this achieved in just under 9 months. I am very pleased with them, and constantly smiling, however I don’t think the pictures do them justice. However they do a good job of highlighting the inperfections, which I would love to get corrected. These being the uneven tip teeth and the various chips in my teeth.

So as you might be able to tell, I’ve had the attachments/buttons removed from my teeth, this was a little painful actually, I think the constant suction drilling of the attachements to remove were the cause of this.

So moving on, in two weeks I should have my new trays, I’m unsure how many I will need thus far, but will come back with an update. I’m only amending the top, and going to sort the bottom with a little more cosmetic dentistry.

As always if anyone has any questions, please do leave me a message and I will do my best to get back to you.

Thanks for reading.
~Adam

One final tray to go!

So tonight I’m switching to my final aligner on the bottom, My teeth are not to dissimilar from the pictures below in a previous post, so I wont post any more up yet – however I will be posting my final before and after in the next two weeks. This will also then serve to be my before – middle – after once I’ve finished refinements.

I have been tracking a lot of other blogs recently, and have updated my blogs list at the top so make sure you check them out – but for me, I will be back in a couple of weeks after I’ve been back to the dentist on my final review – the appointment is on the 2nd July, so I will make sure I get some pictures up the night before.

Here’s to finally getting to the end of the initial treatment, and I’m looking forward to getting to the next stage of refinements

Thanks for reading
~Adam

No refinements just yet..

Well, I got back from the orthodontist and we agreed to look into refinements for the upper teeth after the bottom trays are complete, which is a little dissapointing, as that’s not for another 6 weeks so could add another 3 months from now onto the journey, but there we go.

I don’t think there will be any further change to the top however I will post some more images in a month or so

Thanks for reading.

Adam

Completed my upper trays

Hey guys,

So I’ve finally completed the upper set on my trays, and have another three to go for the bottom, however I’m not completely happy with how they’ve turned out so when I go back to my Orthodontist next week I’m going to ask for refinements.

From the front:
I don’t think my teeth feel flat enough across the front of them at the top, and neither are they flat along the bottom and look a little uneven, but judge for yourselves:

And this is the side view:

Will post up here after I’ve spoken to the Orthodontist and let you know how I get on.

Thanks for reading

~Adam

End of week…..

Well… I actually have no idea what week this is. It has been ageeeeeeeees since I posted to this blog. I have been so busy with everything else in life that this has kind of slipped my mind. But I am here, replying now. I’m on aligners 11 now of 16 for the bottom and 19 for the top, so about two thirds through. And here’s the progress pictures of how I’m getting on.

I will try my best to reply in three weeks, when I’m due to go back to the Ortho for my next set of aligners.

Here are some before and after pictures up to today.

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks for reading

~Adam

End of week 8

Well I hit the two months barrier! Technically I only have six months left of the treatment for my top teeth, and eight and a half for the bottom. I cannot believe how quickly it is going for me. A lot quicker than I had imagined.

Well this one in now feels easy enough, no pain again, which I think is weird because my orthodontist told me that the next two aligners until I go back will be moving my front teeth .2mm which in teeth movement terms is a lot. I’m thinking the next one is going to be a lot worse than this. Which I guess is lucky because I’m off to Austria on Wednesday next week for some Snowboarding, and really didn’t want to have pain whilst out there. I just hope the cold air doesn’t make my dry mouth worse.

I had some more IPR done this time too. And there is still a little more to do before the treatment completes. Because my front teeth are so bent inwards, it is hard to create the space for the next teeth.

I will post some new update pictures shortly

Thanks for reading

~Adam

End of week 7

Well that has to be one of the easiest weeks so far! Nothing really to report, no pain, not really feeling that anything was happening. I mean it really just felt like I was wearing the previous aligner still. Which I guess could be bad if it is not fitting right, or moving my teeth like it should.

But I just figure that maybe it is moving back teeth or something like that, so will assume everything is okay.

I have to say though it was a pain having the aligner in whilst out in Slovakia. I really didn’t enjoy going to the bathroom everytime we stopped for coffee or some food or something and wasn’t as strict with the brace as I should have been. But Slovakia was a lovely place, really enjoyed my time out there. Was in Bratislava and had a lot of fun, even with having to put up with the brae there.

Thanks for reading

~Adam