Just finished initial treatment (w/pics)

[HeatherS]

Hey guys. Yesterday I officially completed my initial set of trays (17u, 13l) and got impressions taken for refinements. I figured I would post some before and after pictures because when I first started I was always looking for before/after pics. To give you some background, I'm 22 and my "fangs" have always bothered me. Other than protruding canines my teeth weren't too bad. Last summer on a whim I decided to go to an Invisalign consultation and decided to go through with it. Back when I was 16 years old I went to see an ortho about Invisalign and he said I wasn't a candidate, so I was a little hesitant when starting. Anyway, back in June when I first got my clincheck I was suppose to have attachments on my four front teeth, but I absolutely didn't want them, so my dentist said it would be fine to leave them off. On top of this, I was told I would have to wear elastics for my entire treatment but every time I went in for a check-up my dentist said they weren't necessary yet.
As it stands now I am completely satisfied with my decision to go through with Invisalign. My teeth are nowhere near perfect, but I never wanted them to be. I no longer have "fangs" and that's all I care about. The total cost was $3500 and the first treatment took 8 mos. The refinement I'm starting in a few weeks will last about 3 mos, during this time I will have to wear elastics and also I agreed to attachments on my front teeth to pull the incisors down (the ones right next to my canines). I had little discomfort and no problems during treatment. If anyone has questions feel free to ask. Oh, and if anyone has a similar problem with their teeth and wants more pics I took a ton of pictures throughout the process so feel free to PM me.

Before



After

[Lilypad]

WOW, HeatherS. your teeth look great! Good luck with refinements and thanks for the pics.

[Devushka]

Wow! What progress! Your teeth look fantastic already.


Thanks for sharing your pictures!

[Ems]

Your teeth look amazing congrats

[myhollywoodsmile]

Thank you so much for posting these pictures.

Your teeth look fantastic. What an amazing difference! Pictures like this are such a boost to people like me who are just in early days, so thank you very much for this.

Have you bleached as well as your teeth look really white- fantastic.

Thanks again

[HeatherS]

Thanks for the nice responses guys.

To myhollywoodsmile: I was given a bleach kit at the beginning of treatment and used about half of it. It worked great but made my teeth super sensitive so I stopped using it. The main reason my teeth look so much whiter in the second pics is due to the camera's flash.

[Wobblydeb]

My teeth are nowhere near perfect, but I never wanted them to be. I no longer have "fangs" and that's all I care about.

Not perfect?! Gosh, if you had said you were all finished I would have agreed you had a fantastic result! Your teeth are where my perfect end-point would be! They look great - thanks for posting the photos

[John37]

Wow, what nice teeth you have. Did you have to get IPR to make your canines fit?