Glad to be on to Tray 6!

Well, I have to say, I'm glad to be on to Tray 6. Tray 5 felt really bulky and it was a struggle to keep it on. I'm supposed to change trays every Thursday, or every 14 days. This time, I just couldn't hang out any longer and by Wednesday afternoon, I popped in tray 6 and was soooo relieved! Tray 6 feels so much better for some reason. It just doesn't have that big bulky feel. I almost don't even feel like they're in my mouth. Seriously!



Tray 6 feels so comfortable that it's much better wearing them than having them out. It's been quite easy having them in for the 22+ hours a day. I eat, brush and pop them back in! I guess the processing differs for some of the trays, who knows!


The picture is with me wearing Tray #6.

That's my update!

Tray 5 - Signs of Improvement!!

Here I am mid-way through Tray 5 and I keep looking at my teeth thinking I'm not seeing that much improvement until I took my usual pictures and WOW was I surprised! With each tray, at the half way point of wearing each tray, I take pictures of the front and the sides. I download them and file them into a directory onto my pc under "Teeth" and then into separate directories labelled "Tray 1", "Tray 2", etc (ok, you can call me crazy!). This time, after taking my usual pictures for Tray 5, I copied the pictures from Tray 1 and compared them to Tray 5 and was pleasantly surprised! The overbite has been significantly reduced. I hadn't really noticed how much until I saw the pictures.

As you can see, the two front teeth don't seem to be jutting out as much. Although intuitively I had felt that this was happening and I could feel that this was happening, I really did not realize how much it was actually happening! I'm soooo excited!!

One of the major factors in me deciding to get braces was my overbite. Whenever I was in pictures, I always made sure never to be caught in a side shot since it emphasized my overbite. This is why I'm so excited to see improvement!

The picture on the left is mid-way through Tray 1 and the one on the right is the picture I took this morning, mid-way through Tray 5.

The difference is amazing, don't you think??!! Although there is still an overbite and crooked teeth, the two front teeth are not jutting out as much.

I'm still waiting for the front gap to close and when that happens I'll be incredibly excited. I'm quite self-conscious about it since when we go out for dinner with friends, even if they don't notice the Invisalign, I feel like the gap is significant enough for it to be noticeable. All things considered, I'm a third of the way through (15U, 14L) so, not that bad!! I'll be done on my birthday, I hope! At the very least, I'll have a brand new smile for Christmas!!