Aligner 10... 9th June 2012 - SHAVING!

I've been wearing Aligner 10 for exactly a week now and today I had to go to the dentist for some shaving as part of my invisalign teeth programme. 


Here's where we are at with 9 weeks left to go... 

Today I went back to Euro Dental Care in Harborne for a check up and also for some shaving to prepare for invisalign teeth aligner 11, which is going to perfect the teeth in my lower jaw. 


To do that, I needed 0.4mm to be shaved off one of my teeth.


It doesn't hurt. You can just feel the vibrations from the drill and it took less than 1 minute. 


Here's what it looks like now: 

You can also see from this picture how bad the discolouration is. This is because the teeth have moved, and the dark brown areas weren't seen before because the teeth were overlapped. The good news is - this is easily sorted by the hygienist. 


I've decided to wait until the end of my treatment (9 weeks time) to have this sorted because, with only a few weeks to go, there probably isn't much point in the extra expense (as I'm going to have to have it done again at the end of the treatment before whitening anyway.) 


I've also cut out normal tea and coffee now, so that should help with discolouration in the future. It is difficult to give up though!


Operation Invisalign Teeth is now only 2 months from completion. My next appointment with Invisalign is in 7 weeks time on 21st July 2012. 


At this appointment, we'll prepare for the final aligner and that means removing the attachments (the things that look like cottage cheese attacked to six of my teeth!) 


Exciting! 


Any questions - please message me or comment and I'll give you any help I can.