Invisalign finished, before and after photos.

Well, It’s been a loooong journey! Since I started this blog, I’ve been travelling around the world with Invisalign, I’ve played sports with invisalign, I’ve had an interview with Invisalign and started a new job. I’ve gone through a lot of experiences since I started and I have to say it’s been pretty easy with all things considered.

Many people feel the pain at the beginning when starting Invisalign to be too much. It was painful at first, but after a while you get used to it, and towards the end you’re feeling satisfied that you’re hurting as you know your teeth are moving into their final positions and you cannot wait to finish.

I’m having whitening done soon, so these before and after photo’s are without whitening. As you can tell, they’re not Hollywood piano teeth, and they’re not perfect, but for me, from what I went from, and what I have now, I couldn’t be happier! I had the bottom of the top teeth shaved ever so slightly to remove the appearance of a chip in the tooth, and I think they’ve turned out great. I love how they’ve turned out, and I’m so confident and always smiling in pictures now. In a recent job interview I was smiling all the way through and it was commented that I was confident in front of the interviewers, which was down to Invisalign giving me the results I wanted and the confidence with it.

I will come back here to update every now and again if there are any updates or developments as I go along, but for now, I will leave you with my penultimate before and after photo’s. Please leave me a comment if you have any questions.

My Invisalign pictures, before and after.

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

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 4

Today I had to visit the Orthodontist again to collect trays 3 and 4. I had the tooth shaving done too, which you can read in the next blog as decided it should have it’s own section as this is a common question of concern for people when choosing the Invisalign treatment, or as some have been unfortunate enough to find out during the treatment.

Anyway, after the teeth shaving, which I must reiterate really was not that bad I then had to have my 3rd Invisalign brace fitted. I cannot believe it has been a month already!! Another 7 and the top teeth should be finished. I have to say these aligners are really tight on my teeth. Much tighter than the others, but again I am unsure if this is just because I have been used to the previous ones, or because these are more aggressive in their movements of my teeth.

Having spoken to my Orthodontist today, he mentioned the previous two aligners were primarily to align my jaw, rather than actually move any of my teeth about. Which might explain why the pain was not too bad. But it would seem if we’re moving onto teeth movement now, I can certainly feel it. Here are a couple of pictures to compare from a month ago:

Front open, before and after one month:

Front closed, before and after one month:

Side right before and after one month:

Side left before and after one month:

Not really too much else to report at this stage with regards to the brace itself. It fits tight, feels good, and looking forward to getting through this month! I have just booked up my next couple of appointments and fortunately this doesn’t interfere with my snowboarding holiday, because that would have been a pain.

Also you may recall if you have been reading my blog that I had some tooth pain. Well this went away after a couple of days, but I did bring it up with my Dentist today, and he has confirmed I have a cavity! I cannot believe it, I have gone though 27 years of my life not needing one, and now when I decide to get my teeth fixed, I am damaging them more. He said it is going to be complicated doing anything about it, whilst the brace is on, but will review it at the next appointment. So far, I am not having anymore pain from it, so I will just wait and see how it goes.

Thanks for reading

~Adam

My Invisalign now fitted

So today at 12:05 I had my aligners fitted. When I got to the dentist we had a quick chat, calmed any nerves that there might have been and then talked about what we would be doing. First I had to have 7 attachments/buttons fitted to my teeth, three on top and four on the bottom.

Fortunately all attachments were on the sides so not clearly visible, you can slightly see the top ones, only when I smile widely, but given I rarely smile due to my teeth I should be safe for now. So first I had my teeth polished where the attachments were to go, and then he bonded the attachments, which was a little uncomfortable keeping my mouth open for the 20 odd minutes it took to do. Then he had to shape them and make sure there were not irritable points on them, this again was a little uncomfortable but nothing too bad. After this it was then a case of fitting the Invisalign and I have to say it was a relief when he did so, because there was no pain at all, just some mild discomfort, which I am still feeling an hour and a half after treatment.

But in all it was not an unpleasant experience, it was tolerable, and so far I am feeling good about making the decision. The aligners are noticeable when you look out for them, but would have thought anyone far away from me wouldn’t notice them, but the real acid test will be tomorrow at work to see the reaction from those that know about them, and those who don’t. So here are the pictures, close up of the aligners, I had just cleaned them as practising taking them out and putting them in again, which was fairly straight forward so you might notice a couple of water bubbles, but I don’t think they look too bad. 

Invisalign front photo

Side Invisalign Photo.

Thanks for reading.

~Adam

Before and after computer photos

I have received my before and after pictures for my teeth when the invisalign treatment is completed. I had to print screen this images because they send you a movie file, which cuts off a little short here, but these are the images I got back, not really from the best angles but you get the idea. I would have preferred to actually receive a picture image direct from Invisalign rather than have to manifacture these myself from windows media player. But none the less here they are. Before and after front.

Before Photo

After Photo

Before Photo

After Photo

Now to add some pictures of the aligners in 🙂

Thanks for reading.

~Adam

Three days to go…

Okay so with just three days to go until I have the aligners fitted, I thought I would post some before pictures to have something to compare too after my treatment is finished.

For those new to my blog, I am having Invisalign fitted for around 8/9 months, I’m sure after this point there will be some refinement time too. I am also having my teeth whitened and will have the chips repaired too – As you can see from the pictures my teeth as not looking too good – hence the reason for me making this decision. I don’t like to look at my teeth, I don’t like to smile, I don’t really have any confidence when I go out either. I am hoping the new smile I get will be well worth the difficult times which I know are ahead of me.

I have been reading many forums and blogs over the past few days in anticipation of my treatment beginning, and have to say I think I am well prepared for the months ahead. My only saving grace really is that I know others are going through this, and I have others to talk to about my experiences. I have a goal which is to have my desired smile by the time I go to America next Spring. Which is the 8 months or so estimated by my Orthodontist.

So anyway, here are the pictures I have almost avoided putting up…

Front Closed

Front Open.

Right View.

Left View.

Thanks for reading.

~Adam

Welcome to my Invisalign Blog!

9th August 2008

Hello there, okay so I have always had a problem with how my teeth look, but have always been worried about wearing the traditional metal brace, and being put off by the cost too meant I have just put up with my suffering of overcrowding and crooked teeth; not to mention discoloured.

Recently I had been thinking about using the Invisalign treatment, well for a few months and last month I decided to take the plunge! I visited my Dentist and had a few check ups which gave me the all clear, no problems with my teeth, a visit to the hygienist for a clean of my gums and then I was set for my initial appointment.

What I plan to do for this blog is to run through all the steps I went from my initial review right up to finishing the treatment. I will be offering my personal opinion on how I find the treatment, the costs, the pains, the good and the bad. If you have any questions you can comment me here and I will do my best to answer and hopefully this will inspire others to do the same and finally get the smile they have always wanted. Similarly if you have the aligners I would love to hear from you about your experiences too!

Thanks for reading.

~Adam