I could be wrong but I think I've finally recovered from my wedding day festivities as evident from my desire to do laundry, organize our house and getting around to writing up this post.
The wedding itself went surprisingly smoothly. While there were a few glitches in the morning, it got better and better as the day went on. And what a long day it was. The girls and I started getting ready at about 6:30 am, the tea ceremony started just after 9:00am, followed by a buddhist ceremony at 11:00am, vegetarian lunch and then formal photos until cocktail hour at 5:30pm, reception at 6:30pm and a dance that went from about 10pm until sometime in the wee hours in the morning.
I had my aligners out all day. To make matters worse - I forgot them at my mom's house and didn't get them back until the next day so in total I probably had them out for upwards of 36 hours or so. I was so glad when I finally put them in that they still fit although my teeth were supersore after having them out for such a long time. We took some friends from out of town to see the Canadian rockies for a few days after that so my teeth had a chance to readjust to tray 14 before I went in to get my attachments reattached.
Getting my attachments back was pretty non-eventful. One thing I did notice is that is there considerable more bonding left around the attachments on my teeth this time but I didn't notice that until I left Dr. A's office. I have to say, my teeth look a lot more crooked now that the attachments are back on and it took my teeth a few days to get used to having them on again.
It probably wasn't a bad thing to have them reattached at this stage though as my aligners seem to be a better fit again and hopefully will line up nicely with these last few aligners. Speaking of which, I found out from the assistant during my visit that I actually only 3 aligners left instead of 6! Yes, you read that correctly. My first round of aligners ends at tray 17U and not 20U as I originally thought. Dr. A had a few over-correction trays ordered just in case my teeth haven't moved as planned by the end of tray 17 (mid-August!!).
While my teeth still look a little ways from being done, I'll reserve my judgment until I've finished tray 17 at least. Having said that, I'm glad I have a couple of options to address any remaining issues (over correction or refinement). Tray 15 which I switched to last Wednesday, left me pretty sore for a few days; whether it was because of having attachments again or there was a lot movement involved, I'm not sure. It seems though that there might be some hope to be finished sooner rather than later yet.
I wish I was able to capture the whitening process somehow but I wasn't able to get the same lighting or positioning more than once. I did notice that my teeth were noticeably whiter in my wedding pictures though and you'll have to let me know if they seem whiter to you.
Anyhow - a few pics from the wedding. I'll just leave them on here for a few days. After that, just send me (lemon_tree) a note on bracesreview.com or archwired.com if you've missed the cutoff!
