A picture speaks a thousand words- you know the old cliche… so I thought I would confine this post mostly to pictures. These are photos of my teeth before I started treatment and after 28 sets of Invisalign braces. I have one more upper refinement before I have finished with this run and I have 6 more lowers before we attempt to move my stray tooth over. You can now see just how horrendous my upper crown looks (next to my front tooth on the left) having moved. Fortunately when my trays are in it hides it to a great extent… I will get it fixed as soon as I am otherwise happy with my upper arch.
It’s interesting looking at the pictures of my aligners themselves just how my upper arch has rounded out, and also how the bottom arch has moved forward on the right hand side, but not yet on the left (where we are making room for that stray tooth.)
Let me know if you have any comments. I will be returning to my orthodontist in a couple of weeks to discuss what else I would like done to my upper arch- any suggestions gratefully received! Of course, I will keep you updated with more Invisalign before and after pictures as I take them..
It’s slow progress, but I think (and hope) it’s worth it!
hey progress looks great. How much time has progressed from 1st pic to 2nd?
INVISALIGN IS REALLY GREAT.SIMPLY IT IS THE ALTERNATIVE TREATMENT FOR BRACES.
Wow, such great improvement! You must be very excited. I started my treatment in November 2009, and tracked my progress thru my blog. Last week, I actually noticed some improvements in my bottom teeth!
When will you be done with your treatment?
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Thank you jamie and Rich. I am really happy with how things are going.
Jamie, I am going to go over and have a look at your blog now.
Good Luck with your Invisalign!
Your teeth look amazing! I started invisalign January 2010 and I am so happy to see that it works. I also started a blog to capture my progress at journeysbyjamie.com Thanks for sharing!
Great improvement! I’m sure you must be happy with it. If you don’t mind, i’m going to use your case as encouragment. I just returned from the dentist and have been in trays 1 for about 3hrs now. Not really painful, but, somewhat uncomfortable. Looking forward, the finish line seems very far off.
I’m looking at 16 trays for the uppers and 12 for the lowers. I guess i should not complain, seeing that you got stuck with 26 (that’s alot!!), and just be happy it’s not worse. Though, i think i’ve got you beat with attachments – 11 put on today! Nothing more anterior than the canines, so not that bad, but you can definitely see them when i smile. They’re already irritating my mouth and they’re pretty unsightly. What’s worse is that i’m going to get one more, and of course is going to be on one of my upper lateral incisors. Right in front – nice and visible for everybody to see; yippee! I don’t get that until tray 9.
Thanks again for putting your experiences together in a blog. It’s very encouraging to read, especially right now at day 1! And again, your results look fantastic, congratulations!