Finally fixing my teeth.
Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2017 8:04 am
So I thought I would keep a bit of a journal here to keep track of myself, I'm all over the place usually so I easily lose track of things and it would be nice to keep a 'journal' to kind of update every now and then
I am a 24 years old and started my invisalign on the 10th of April this year. I've hated my teeth ever since I can remember. I remember going to the dentist when I was 11 and he told me I would need jaw surgery and referred me to an orthodontist. Well, my mum was a single mother looking after my brother and I so orthodontic money wasn't exactly just floating around haha. I remember bugging her for ages for me to go see the ortho, until I got old enough to realize that they cost a lot of money and I stopped pestering, I didn't want her to feel bad for thinking I was sad about my teeth. Fast forward to 24 year old me who is fortunate to be in a position to have savings for fixing my teeth!
I have significant anterior upper and lower crowding, my left upper canine tooth is up really high, I have class III malocclusion and my right and left premolars have a bad crossbite going on.
So I ended up getting to my orthodontist appointment on the 27th of Feburary after all these years and I was pleasantly surprised. He told me that of course to fix the class III malocclusion and crossbite of my back molars I would need the S.A.M.E procedure, but he said he wouldn't recommend it because I have no other jaw problems or anything apart from my crowded teeth and it just wouldn't be worth it if all I wanted was a nice straight smile, which is all I wanted, my bite is completely fine to me to be honest, I never have problems with it. Then he shocked me by telling me I would be a candidate for Invisalign, which is what I wanted but didn't think I would be able to. He said he would be able to straighten and widen my upper teeth without any extractions but he wasn't so sure on the lower and warned me that two premolars were possible or one central incisor. The clincheck came back and I went in on the 27th of march. He confirmed no extractions on top and said he could get away with just the one central incisor on the bottom if I didn't mind not having the bottom symmetry and I was all for it, the less teeth out the better, I had a massive fear of teeth extraction changing my face but he explained everything to me and why it would be a great option.
I booked in to get my lower left central incisor out on the 31st of March. I went in, very panicked because I have a fear of dentists haha. It went very well, I should add that I also had a Mesiodens tooth out, it was an extra tooth that was growing behind my two front teeth on my upper arch. It was quick and painless. recovery went well. I then got worried that my gap was going to move quickly and my aligners wouldn't fit when they came in, as my appointment to go in and get my aligners wasn't until the 28th of April. So on the 6th of April I called my Ortho and explained my worries, he then told me that it definitely wasn't going to be a problem because they were about to call me later that day and let me know my aligners had come in already! I was so shocked, it had only been 10 days since he approved the clincheck.
The 10th of April was my aligner appointment. I have 35 trays top and bottom, 18 attachments, expected treatment time is 24 months. I have struggled the past few days getting them in and out a bit and one of my attachments came off and is getting replaced next Tuesday (the 18th). But apart from that, it's been an interesting, positive experience.
I hate that I can't snack now, so that's driving me nuts, I've started eating so much food at meal times it's insane. My front teeth are very very tender but I can still eat anything really as long as I can break it up into smaller bits, I know that with time I will be able to bite into things again haha.
I plan on adding some before pictures as soon as I upload them to my laptop, so I'll get those going in a couple of days hopefully. But yeah, I just thought it would be nice to have a little place to come and keep track of myself. I'm more than happy to talk to anyone about anything they're curious about or going through
I am a 24 years old and started my invisalign on the 10th of April this year. I've hated my teeth ever since I can remember. I remember going to the dentist when I was 11 and he told me I would need jaw surgery and referred me to an orthodontist. Well, my mum was a single mother looking after my brother and I so orthodontic money wasn't exactly just floating around haha. I remember bugging her for ages for me to go see the ortho, until I got old enough to realize that they cost a lot of money and I stopped pestering, I didn't want her to feel bad for thinking I was sad about my teeth. Fast forward to 24 year old me who is fortunate to be in a position to have savings for fixing my teeth!
I have significant anterior upper and lower crowding, my left upper canine tooth is up really high, I have class III malocclusion and my right and left premolars have a bad crossbite going on.
So I ended up getting to my orthodontist appointment on the 27th of Feburary after all these years and I was pleasantly surprised. He told me that of course to fix the class III malocclusion and crossbite of my back molars I would need the S.A.M.E procedure, but he said he wouldn't recommend it because I have no other jaw problems or anything apart from my crowded teeth and it just wouldn't be worth it if all I wanted was a nice straight smile, which is all I wanted, my bite is completely fine to me to be honest, I never have problems with it. Then he shocked me by telling me I would be a candidate for Invisalign, which is what I wanted but didn't think I would be able to. He said he would be able to straighten and widen my upper teeth without any extractions but he wasn't so sure on the lower and warned me that two premolars were possible or one central incisor. The clincheck came back and I went in on the 27th of march. He confirmed no extractions on top and said he could get away with just the one central incisor on the bottom if I didn't mind not having the bottom symmetry and I was all for it, the less teeth out the better, I had a massive fear of teeth extraction changing my face but he explained everything to me and why it would be a great option.
I booked in to get my lower left central incisor out on the 31st of March. I went in, very panicked because I have a fear of dentists haha. It went very well, I should add that I also had a Mesiodens tooth out, it was an extra tooth that was growing behind my two front teeth on my upper arch. It was quick and painless. recovery went well. I then got worried that my gap was going to move quickly and my aligners wouldn't fit when they came in, as my appointment to go in and get my aligners wasn't until the 28th of April. So on the 6th of April I called my Ortho and explained my worries, he then told me that it definitely wasn't going to be a problem because they were about to call me later that day and let me know my aligners had come in already! I was so shocked, it had only been 10 days since he approved the clincheck.
The 10th of April was my aligner appointment. I have 35 trays top and bottom, 18 attachments, expected treatment time is 24 months. I have struggled the past few days getting them in and out a bit and one of my attachments came off and is getting replaced next Tuesday (the 18th). But apart from that, it's been an interesting, positive experience.
I hate that I can't snack now, so that's driving me nuts, I've started eating so much food at meal times it's insane. My front teeth are very very tender but I can still eat anything really as long as I can break it up into smaller bits, I know that with time I will be able to bite into things again haha.
I plan on adding some before pictures as soon as I upload them to my laptop, so I'll get those going in a couple of days hopefully. But yeah, I just thought it would be nice to have a little place to come and keep track of myself. I'm more than happy to talk to anyone about anything they're curious about or going through