Refinement tray 12U/10L pictures and 3 new attachments

Update photos from the end of tray 12:

The new attachments:

Trays on - the new attachments are a little wider than expected. My right lateral incisor has been so so sore.

Trays off

(picture here removed Sept 2020)

Goofing off with my new mitts during a trip to the mountains.

My eyes are nowhere to be seen but at least my teeth look pretty even!

More attachments

So today I got 3 more attachments for a total of 12 attachments (7 upper/5 lower). The three new ones are on my upper front two teeth and right lateral incisor. To be honest, I'm not too crazy about them. For one thing, they're much larger than I had anticipated and to me, they catch the light in a way that makes my invisalign much less discrete. Having said that, they're probably still slightly less obvious than having ceramic braces without the wire and you still have to get pretty close to see them. It felt a bit odd eating lunch just now and they're still a bit of a stranger to my top lip but I'm sure I'll get used to them.

I guess this far into treatment, I'll just try to focus on being positive and the fact that I'm pretty close to being done my first set of refinements. Hopefully, the look of the new attachments will deter from "cheating" too much with my trays so as not to prolong treatment anymore than I have to.

I'll post update pictures when I get a chance!

Can I get any sicker?

After being struck with a cold and then allergies I figured I was probably done with being sick for a little while. Lo and behold I woke up on Thursday with a toothache reminiscent of my post wisdom tooth extraction days (bottom ones were fully impacted). I was so uncomfortable I had to take a tylenol to get through the work day but I was still somewhat hopeful, figuring that the most likely explanation was nightly teeth grinding. I had been wearing tray 11 at that point for about 10 days so it didn't make sense for the pain to be from my invisalign.

When the pain returned on Friday with a vengeance, I decided it was time to action. I gave my dentist a call and managed to book myself in to see her the next day. I was a bit anxious as I left the house for my appointment - hoping that I wouldn't need a root canal or filling. Luckily, after taking a good look at my teeth and some xrays, my dentist determined that there doesn't seem like anything was wrong with my teeth.

So, after a lot of research and the onslaught of a number of other symptoms. I think what I had was a sinus infection. It's just so odd - I could have sworn it was a really bad toothache. Anyway I'm just glad that I'm not sick anymore and happy that there's nothing wrong with my teeth.