My front tooth is moving!
Posted: Wed Dec 16, 2009 2:03 am
I'm now a little over 4 months into my treatment. I started tray 10 (of 16) last night and I was a bit worried a few weeks ago. I was on tray 9 of 16 and didn't really see my front crooked tooth moving much. I often read it's about halfway through treatment that the front teeth start to really move, so when I didn't see any progress on 8 and 9 of 16 I began to worry. The gap in my front tooth is so wide a whole toothpick can fit through!
But today when I took off tray 10 for the first time, I looked in the mirror and WOW, I can definitely see that it's moved! A toothpick still fits, but barely so, whereas 2 months ago it slid in and out very easily. I am very encouraged, knowing that there are 2 weeks of tray 10, and trays 11-16 to fully move that sucker into proper place.
Man I can't tell you how conscious I have become of my teeth in the past couple years. I guess throughout HS and college I just went to school, went home and didn't go out much on the weekend. I was often by myself, so I never talked and smiled much. Not until grad school where I found myself often working with kids, and recently I found a church home so I'm heavily involved in that now, I'm always around people of one kind or another and grew very conscious about my smile.
Decided to do Invisalign back in June when I heard a commercial on the radio. I'm very pleased with it so far. My teeth will look pretty nice come March! About 3 more months to go! I'm very pleased with Invisalign so far. It's unbelievable that this gap will be fixed in around 8 months. I may need refinements, but I thought before going to the dentist it would take at least 2 years as it often does with people and braces. I can't argue
But today when I took off tray 10 for the first time, I looked in the mirror and WOW, I can definitely see that it's moved! A toothpick still fits, but barely so, whereas 2 months ago it slid in and out very easily. I am very encouraged, knowing that there are 2 weeks of tray 10, and trays 11-16 to fully move that sucker into proper place.
Man I can't tell you how conscious I have become of my teeth in the past couple years. I guess throughout HS and college I just went to school, went home and didn't go out much on the weekend. I was often by myself, so I never talked and smiled much. Not until grad school where I found myself often working with kids, and recently I found a church home so I'm heavily involved in that now, I'm always around people of one kind or another and grew very conscious about my smile.
Decided to do Invisalign back in June when I heard a commercial on the radio. I'm very pleased with it so far. My teeth will look pretty nice come March! About 3 more months to go! I'm very pleased with Invisalign so far. It's unbelievable that this gap will be fixed in around 8 months. I may need refinements, but I thought before going to the dentist it would take at least 2 years as it often does with people and braces. I can't argue
It's so encouraging to see noticeable changes!