It's over (well actually it isn't)

Today is my final day I was aware about a month ago the final result wasn't going to be perfect and as I'm a fussy so and so I want some refinement. I went to see my ortho, Steph, today to have the attachments removed (oh I love that drill, not!) then I spoke about the refinement I wanted. She took some impressions again (upper/lower/bite) and I have to go back tomorrow as she didn't have her camera for the all important pics.

The lowerset are everso slightly overlapping and the upper set seem wonky in front and the lateral incisors (either side of the two front teeth) are still slightly inverted and the canines need a little tweeking.

I estimated another 4 to 5 sets of aligners, but Steph thinks it may well be 10. Oh well. I'm not that bothered, I'm just looking forward to not having to take my toothbrush, paste and floss everywhere with me all the time. Almost final pic attached

Check up with a little IPR

I'm on Aligner 24 and I haven't had any treatment at the Orthodontist since then so I had a check up today, just to make sure everything is going swimmingly. I'd noticed about a week back that I could feel a ledge when flossing between my upper lateral incisor and my canine on the right side so Stephanie got the little scrapy thing out and shaved it off. Other than than she was very impressed with the amount of movement in my canines. I'm still concerned about the movement of the upper central incisors (the two front teeth) as they appear to be at an angle so rather than moving 'bodily' to align the midline the have swung at an angle. Steph noted this down as I will probably need a refinement done so I wanted her to mention this to Align Tech when the refinement impressions are made.

She asked me about how I keep the final aligner (that I still wear at night) clean. I told her that I just store it in Milton all day, but it's not as sparkly as it was fresh out of the package.

I'm looking forward to the end results as I only have 2 more months! I'm going back next week for the last lot of IPR.

I will post some progress pics soon.

No change and I'm officially sponsored!

I saw Stephanie for my penultimate IPR on Thursday. It was so quick with her burr of choice. I discussed the issue with the sticking out edge of the Invisalign on my right canine. It hasn't been so bad on aligner 17 & 18 and I'm now on 19. I think my tooth may have had difficulty in moving or it's now moved to a slightly misaligned position, either way it can be dealt with in the refinement process, along with the bottom set which aren't absolutely to plan. I'm now posting my blog at bracesreview.com under the name Langomango. Rest assured my reviews will be unbiased, if only they'd offered to reimburse the cost of the treatment! LOL.

Little bit concerned

Well I would have updated earlier, but I have busy/lazy/Christmassy/Post-Christmassy etc. The I wrote an update and sent to to my email account but I must have deleted it (friggin BlackBerry) so here I am

My lower set finished about 5 weeks ago, I know I'll need some 'refinement' work done as they are not quite dead straight, but slightly overlap.

My Ortho and I came to the mutually agreed decision that I would leave my attachments on the lower set and then when the upper set is finished (in June) I'll have the refinement done for both lower and upper if needed, which brings me on to my little concern...

When I last visited the doc she reattached the attachment on my right canine (using the shell template) but the past two aligners do not fit exactly over my canine now, I think (though not 100% sure) that the shell template which is based on my old, not 'rotated' tooth is slightly off for the way they are positioned now, although I'm sure it will be teensy micro-millimetres out of place, it means the Invisalign is now cutting my inside lip which hurts like hell. I'll see her next week to discuss this.