Blood inside my upper tray! |
|
Written by Innovative Ortho, DDS
|
|
Tuesday, 24 March 2009 13:02 |
{ Yes, you've heard it correct! There was a little blood stain inside my upper tray (just on one of my teeth)!! Maybe it's not blood from my teeth- maybe it's because the bumps on the tray cut into my lips at night and the blood went inside my tray? Or maybe the tray is putting too much stress onto my tooth? BUT I AM NOT FEELING ANY PAIN?!! I'm well bewildered by the event... So anyway I am going to wear these aligners religiously for at least 22 hours everyday before I see the dentist on Tuesday!!! 19th January Update: Today I went to McD and I saw bits of my Mcflurry turned pink (I didn't have any coloured chocolates if that's what you're thinking!). Anyway, I discovered the bleeding came from my upper lip (parts that are close to those awful bumps on the tray!). I'll absolutely mentioned that to my dentist that the bumps are (probably) cutting my lip!  } |
|
Last Updated on Wednesday, 10 June 2009 08:56 |
|
Invisalign Diary: 1st set (Day5) |
|
Written by Innovative Ortho, DDS
|
|
Tuesday, 24 March 2009 13:02 |
|
{
Feeling brave today to take a photo of myself with the Invisalign trays in! They're pretty clear, isn't it? Well at least 30 cm away from my face, they are.
I haven't really experienced any pain at all (haven't taken any pain killers) and the only pain is when my fingers touch the sensitive roots when I take the trays out. Oh, and on top of that, unfortunately I have developed a mini cold sore at the corner of my mouth, which adds extra pain when I take my trays out as I have to open my mouth wide. eeek! I guess this way, I am keeping my trays in even longer as outside my 3 meals a day, they are firmly kept inside my mouth as no snack is worth the pain of opening my mouth wide!
My teeth are feeling a bit sensitive when I eat now- somehow I have a picture in my head that when I bite down, one of my teeth is going to break!
}
|
|
Last Updated on Wednesday, 10 June 2009 09:04 |
3rd Set of Invisalign Aligners |
|
Written by Innovative Ortho, DDS
|
|
Tuesday, 24 March 2009 13:03 |
|
{
Today is my first day wearing the 3rd set of trays. The pain, WHAT PAIN?!, that's right, the 3rd set of aligners are painless in comparison to the 2nd set in terms of pain. There was no pain at all, just felt the trays were a bit tighter before. After a few hours, the trays feel similar to the previous set, but maybe it's just slightly more difficult to take off.
Just comparing the 1st set and 3rd set. Can you tell any differences? I certainly can spot a few. For my upper teeth, I can see the tooth on the left of my front teeth is more in line with the rest of teeth. And as for the bottom teeth, the crowding doesn't look as horrible. :) So my teeth are DEFINITELY moving! Now I really want to see what the last set of aligners would look like! I am still lisping a bit though... I reckon it's the way I talk- I don't move my mouth enough so the situation is now worsen by the fact that I have plastic objects in my mouth!}
|
|
Last Updated on Wednesday, 10 June 2009 16:46 |
|
Finally, 2nd Set of the Trays |
|
Written by Innovative Ortho, DDS
|
|
Tuesday, 24 March 2009 13:03 |
|
{ 20th January was an monumental day for my Invisalign journey. Actually, I feel today is the proper starting point of this journey- coz everything finally arrived: attachments, teeth filed and the PAIN! And it's even MORE painful when taking out the trays. The first time when I wanted to take out the trays, lower tray was okay, upper tray seemed impossible. My husband even offered his help to take them off for me! But I was far too scared to let him do that- I just had a picture in my head that my teeth would come out with the tray too! +_= Now, some closeup pictures of my filed teeth. I have loads of tiny gaps between my teeth- it's quite strange coz I can feel the 'wind' going between my teeth when I breath in and out using my mouth. :)  Looks a bit crazy, doesn't it? Oh well, beauty comes with a heavy price tag! Hopefully it's just the right amount of room for my upper teeth to rotate and in a few months time, the gap will disappear! (Same applies to the gap on my lower front teeth!!)
 Now a few more gaps on the side... You can also see my three attachments on my upper teeth. They are so annoying as they make the tray so much harder to take off! I literally have to yank them out and it hurts so much! Although it's slightly easier to take the tray out now (2nd day of wearing my 2nd set of trays), still hurts! And my finger tips are in pain too- not just my teeth! Wow, I just realized that my lips look super dry! } |
|
Last Updated on Wednesday, 10 June 2009 16:37 |
|
Written by Innovative Ortho, DDS
|
|
Tuesday, 24 March 2009 13:04 |
|
{ Jessica contacted me and asked me to join cosmeticdentist-houston.net Basically, It's a website that allows a lot of users (and potential users) of different types of braces, so you can find a lot of information on the site and ask questions so that more experienced dental patients can help you! I think it's a really good idea! :D So if anyone has any questions on Invisalign, you can either ask me or post a question on the website and you'd get loads of other Invisalign users giving their own advices/opinions (and mine as well!).  } |
|
Last Updated on Wednesday, 10 June 2009 17:12 |
|
|
|
|
<< Start < Prev 1 2 3 4 5 6 Next > End >>
|
|
Page 3 of 6 |
