If you've been sitting on the fence...

I've been debating this for a little, wondering if I should... and I'm feeling a bit daring tonight so I thought I'd post some then and now pictures. I know I've posted lots of pictures of my teeth in the last little while, but like another invisalign blogger noted - it makes such a big difference when you actually see full face photos.

You see, I've always been pretty self conscious about smiling with my teeth showing and so I've always smiled a bit awkwardly. But I've noticed since I decided to get braces that I don't just smile with my teeth showing more often, I smile with a lot more confidence.

I know I've been a bit whiny lately about my last few trays but trust me, I am so glad I did this and kick myself all the time (while checking out my teeth in the mirror) for not going through with it earlier.

Before:

Here's my typical closed mouth smile/smirk - this is what most of my pre-braces pictures look like.

Here's a side profile picture - one thing I really didn't like about my side profile before was how my bottom lip jutted out because my crooked front top tooth came so far out. it almost looks like I had an underbite when in reality, I had an overbite and overjet.

This photo is one the main reasons why I rarely smiled in photos. I just never liked looking at them afterward because they reminded me of how crooked my teeth were.

This photo was taken late at night and the resolution is pretty poor - but... you can still make out my little cross bite tooth even in this photo.

During (around tray 14 out of 20U/21L)

this was from the wedding - you can see a bit of the sharp edge of my cuspid here but nothing our photographer can't touch up later.

This was right after the wedding. Never mind the dorky expression and hair in my eyes - I don't think I've ever seen my teeth look so straight in a picture. it may just be because you can only the tops of my teeth. haha... the vanity of it all.

This was taken after one of my makeup trials for the wedding and closer to how I've been smiling lately. Even my husband commented recently on how I'm showing so much more teeth these days. On days like that and most other days, I thank the makers of Invisalign and Dr. A for what they've done for me... so far.

So yeah - if you've been thinking of getting braces for a while (like I did), please do yourself a favor and at least book an initial consult. :)

(Pictures removed Sept 2020)

End of tray 19 update with pics

This will be a pretty short update. Actually I can probably even write it up in the form of a haiku.

front right tooth, same old

top teeth - nothing changed, bottoms

as if same trays used

Picture here:

Don't get me wrong I'm not unhappy with my teeth. I just know I'm going to need refinements so I'm getting a bit impatient to get started. In the mean time I'll be finished my top trays in a little over a week and on my last bottom tray after that.