Invisalign update

I got to wear my invisalign (which I have been spelling totally wrong) for a week before they put in attachments.

It drove me insane. It hurt and chaffed. My mouth broke out in canker sores and raw red patches. By the end of the first week, I stopped wearing the top tray because it was practically falling out. I kept playing with it, snapping it in and out, in and out, in and out. I couldn't stop. I felt like the invisalign was turning me into a mega bitch because of the constant discomfort in my mouth.

Then they put in the attachments.

Which you can hardly see here. They are small filling like molds fitted to my teeth. Six on top and seven on the bottom. They lock into bubbles on the new trays and hold the braces in place. They also make it a good deal harder to remove and insert the trays. When they were put in I had to wear a strange lip opening mouth gaurd that pulled my lips back from my teeth and trapped my tongue in the midway of my mouth. It went quickly. The only unpleasantness when they added new, tight trays to shape the attachments. Imagine it like trying to shove your foot in a shoe about one size too small for your foot. The bruised feeling in my gums from the pressure lasted the rest of that day and into the night. I took some advil and grumbled about it. Each time I had to pry the trays in and out, I whined. By the next day it was better and just a few days later, everything fit much better. I guess those teeth move quickly!

I wear my current trays for two weeks. Either my mouth is used to those things in there or with the attachments it really makes a difference. I have little discomfort. I have several other trays waiting their turn in my medicine cabniet and don't need to go back to the orthodonist till mid January. With my last set of trays I can see a difference already. I looked ahead to my last set in my treatment and saw the shape of a perfectly straight row of bottom teeth. 

I'm kinda thrilled.

It's already been worth all the pain just to get started.

One year from now, I'll be able to bite into an apple!

one week in (tray out on bottom)