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On Monday I had my attachments removed and I am finally finished for the most part! So the extra 14 trays I had on top of the original 20 are mostly finished with. They didn't move a massive amount more but I think I can tell a slight difference so I am glad I had the extra. I also had them filed slightly which has made a big difference to me.
I decided to go for the teeth whitening as I thought I may as well finish them off. This was discounted from £600 to £280 because I had the Invisalign treatment. I had moulds taken and then I will have an appointment to have the trays fitted for this. I use the trays for 2 weeks at home whilst undergoing a "white diet." This means no coffee......... I could actually cry. I then have another appointment at the dentist for an hour and a half whitening treatment and again need to have another 2 week white diet. A whole month of no coffee is actually going to destroy me! I apologise in advance to all my friends and family for how utterly miserable I am going to be!
Invisalign I am not fully done with however. I am going to be receiving my retainer trays, which are essentially just thicker trays like I have been using. I have to wear this every day and night for 6 months to basically fix and reinforce my teeth in to place. After this I then need to wear them every night forever. I wasn't aware about these trays until my Sister told me recently. I was kind of annoyed because I hadn't been told and I was really looking forward to not having to pull spitty trays out of mouth every time I want to eat but at least these new trays won't have the attachment bits on them so they will look even more "invisible." My appointment to get these retainers isn't until mid May which is ages away and I have to keep using my last Invisalign tray until then, so they are going to look pretty grim come May!
Below is my teeth now. It has been exactly a year and a few days since I received my first set of trays. I am so happy with the change and wish I had done it years ago!
