Sunday, July 30, 2006

Saying adios to #13...

Upon my request, my dental office kindly sent my Before shots to me. Since I neglected to take any of my own before my treatment began, this is the first reference I've actually seen to compare my progress so far right from the very beginning.. Believe me when I say this is taking some nerve to post these.

My ".avi" files that show a screenshot of the end of each tray set's movements. It's really cool because I can click through the sequence from set 14 to the last set (23) & actually see which specific teeth will be moved by each set. From here on in, on the uppers it'll be pretty much all concentrated on my right side as they all move toward the center more while the premolars on that side move outwards & widen my arch. The left side have pretty much moved into their final positions, while the front central incisors will continue to straighten inwards.

First, this is how my teeth appear today - after 2 weeks with set #13:











Showing how my bared teeth actually looked before my Invisalign treatment began -
before the "button" attachments were even bonded on:










Now you can REALLY see how much my teeth have moved for only being a little more than halfway through.

Here's the comparison of my open mouth - it's much more apparent how my arch is widening & how much the gaps have become smaller:






















My lowers have a ways to go before they start actually looking better.
This crowding takes a lot more movement to see improvement:















Profile shots:











2 comments:

Dawna B said...

Strange, I'd posted a comment to you but it's not here. Just in case it doesn't reappear later, I said WOW WOW WOW, your teeth look great. Well worth showing the before and now shots. What great encouragement to me on day 1. Thanks for the tip about the forum, I registered there today. I saw you post that you are from Southern Ontario - me too! I live in Germany now, but I'm from St. Catharines and in fact I just came back from 2 weeks there. It was bliss to be back home, and in hindsight I am SO glad I didn't have my invisalign yet (although at the time I was disappointed), since I got to eat all the stuff I miss here in Germany without any worry about the trays going in and out!

Anyway, you look just GREAT, thanks for posting the pics.

Dawna

Anne said...

You're from St. Catharines Dawna??? We live in Niagara-on-the-Lake & I even grew up here. Small world, huh? Three of my sisters are in St. Kitts (our nickname for the "big" city - ha!) Next time you come back home, we'll have to compare our beautiful, new improved smiles.

& I agree about being able to enjoy yourself totally while home without the hassle of aligners. It does get a whole lot easier as time goes along, but I know that feeling well of giving up the spontaneity that we are so used to. Oh well - small price to pay, I say!

Thanks for all the nice comments - I'm feeling pretty good about how well my treatment's going. You know how it's said that each tray's movement will happen in roughly the first 2-3 days & the rest of the two weeks wearing time is for bone to regenerate/heal? Well, I swear I can see that my two front upper teeth have already shifted closer & it's not even been 24 hours since I began this set. WOW WOW WOW is pretty much how I'm feeling right now...

I keep waiting for the other shoe to drop - it's like - it can't be this easy, can it??!!
It's taken me - oh - about 40 years of my life to feel even this good about my smile & my treatment plan is less than one year. ONE YEAR!

Someone pinch me.
Anne