Eleven

I'm on #11, right? Right. I started these aligners late...but who's to blame me? We were in San Francisco the weekend I was to switch and there was NO way I was going to miss out on some "scrimps 'n scrabs" (as my family would say) & other yummy food. No way! So instead of trying them on Friday night, I waited until we got home Monday night.

I, of course, compared the new with the old and found the Top Elevens are SMALLER than #10's. As in, when I over-laid them on top of each other, the top front teeth were brought inward making the aligner smaller. Does that make sense? Other than that, no change. Not a whole lot of pain, some pressure, the usual. Somehow I always end up getting head-butted right in the mouth on the first day of every change. Ouchie! ... but never any other day.

I can't wait until I'm done and I have perfect teethies! Not too much longer now but I'm getting impatient! I'll just keep reminding myself - I would have to wait TWO YEARS if I was in regular metal braces. 2 Years!!

#10

I couldn't think of a clever blog title this time. Sorry, guys. haha

Ahhh, number 10. As usual, my gums were sore the first day (Feb 2). No unusual bleeding or anything. Most of the soreness was concentrated in the back upper right. I had to resort to taking out the aligners on the opposite side so it wouldn't feel like I was pulling out my teeth!

Unfortunately however, I had to make an emergency trip to my dentist's office this morning. My bottom aligners were rubbing my tongue RAW and the top one wasn't snapping over my attachments on the right. My next appointment wasn't until next Wednesday. Well, she ended up canceling that one and filed more on my teeth and reattached some of the buttons. Fun, fun. Oh, and she cut off the back tooth on the bottom aligners to help with the irritation on my tongue.

All is well now. I think Nick will become a dentist when he grows up... He is so intent on watching EVERYTHING the dentist does in my mouth. Maybe he knows he'll have braces one day... with his 3 front teeth and all........

I looked ahead at my March 18th set #14 (I think) and boy oh boy the changes we'll see! I can't wait!

Cheerio,