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

End of week 6

So a very quick update here as I am due to fly out to Slovakia and have a lot of packing to do and so much to get ready!

I changed my aligner early this week, I actually changed on Tuesday because the last aligner caused me a lot of pain in my teeth and I didn’t want that whilst away. But really this one was no trouble at all. It feels like my back teeth are moving more this time around. I am not sure if they do it in stages between the front and back, but these ones are easy, so should be an easy fortnight before I get them changed again.

The gaps on the sides caused by the IPR (teeth shaving) have closed but there’s still a gap on the front. Now I seem to remember my Orthodontist telling me there is still more to be done on the front, so hope that he doesn’t do too much and leave me with a permanent gap.

Anyway, nothing more really to report this time around, everything is going well, and I am starting to notice the inward twist in the front of my teeth is actually starting to straiten out, which is good, because up until now I hadn’t noticed too much of a difference in my teeth appearance, so nice when you do notice.

Still no one has noticed the brace, and people are still shocked when I tell them about it. And an old friend I saw couldn’t believe them. My Dad even asked when I was getting my brace, because he couldn’t see it, but then to be honest, I doubt he would have even seen a metal brace lol.

Thanks for reading

~Adam

End of week 5

Not a lot to report for this week. No change in aligner normally means it is the same story as before. The aligner is not embedded well, no pain at all and it’s got to the easy part where I just wait for the next one. Can hardly notice it now. So much so that I had forgotten to put it back in after eating last night because I am used to not noticing if it is in or not.

I have noticed the gaps on the side of my teeth have closed up, but the front gap is still there, I will post pictures in a few weeks when my next visit to the Orthodontist is.

I’m not experiencing any of the tooth pain I had a couple of weeks ago either. It seems to have gone away for good, but if the cavity is still there I don’t know why I cannot feel it. I will bring it up again at my next visit.

Well that’s about all there is to report on for now.Thanks for reading

~Adam