Friday, January 18, 2013

Day 1 w/my aligner

I've done A LOT of research online on Invisilign and aligners in general. My orthodontist said he used a product on me comparable to Invisilign without the big sticker price. Everything I was reading online was NOT my experience. Everything was more extreme. From my extensive online research I've discovered it is the Red, White, and Blue system I am actually using that takes significantly less time!!! His first time length to me isn't even how long this will take. It's more like 6-12 weeks which is lovely!!! He did tell me my case is minor. I just want it to hurry up so I can go to the dentist and have healthy teeth too. They both had a conversation and my dentist told me he was told my entire treatment would probably take 6 weeks. I don't have ANY pain which concerns me because everything I read online talks about pain with the first aligner. I don't have ANY so I just hope it works!!! I do feel a difference when I take them out to eat something but it's so minor. I hope it's just because it's a minor adjustment. What annoys me is how fast my teeth shifted. The first dentist who gave me veneers to fill the space between my two front teeth did NOT give me retainers to keep them in place. I think that's because he wasn't an orthodontist. Now that I'm actually seeing the CORRECT professional I think it'll be alright. He is the one who told me I'd have to wear a retainer for the rest of my life to keep my teeth from shifting.

I'm alright with that. I shouldn't have to keep trying to fix the SAME problem. I know it's not a big deal BUT it is a BIG deal to me!!! I can't wait until this is all done including my porcelain crown. I want my perfect smile AND perfect body. It is about 10 years ago when I did this so maybe I'm expecting too much. One thing that does make me happy is that closing spaces is supposed to be the easiest orthodontist procedure. My teeth are naturally straight. I had to get my wisdom teeth removed before I turned in my mission papers. I wonder if they had just come in if they would've closed the space naturally. When I first got my veneers they turned out great probably because my teeth were already straight. People kept asking me if I wore braces. NOOO. My mother did wear braces however and NOOO she never wore retainers and they have imperfections now but they basically look fine. George and my dad never had to wear braces either-naturally annoying straight teeth and beautiful smiles.

My smile's never been bad enough to keep me from smiling however and if anything I smile too much. So does my mother and brother. George was actually told by his company were he made a bunch of money that he needed to smile less because it wasn't professional. I AM SOOO GLAD HE QUIT THAT JOB. The money was good BUT that is the stupidest thing I ever heard. I love my brother's personality. He makes anything fun and EVERYONE enjoys his company. Trying to change that is stupid.

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