October 30th

Well here I am after a very, very, long break .. it's been hard to keep the interest level up at this stage, to write here all the time. I notice most other peoples blogs' are the same and when its getting to the end of their treatment, the commentary has dropped off.
On Thursday 4th November I will be finished the refinement aligners of Upper 1-16 and Lower 1-18. "The END is finally in sight." These were on top of the initial 1-31 top, 1-27 bottom aligners, that I had at the start of all this and the extras were because two of my teeth were not playing the game and straightening up. Now they have come around. With this I can see that others are slightly out of line as well, but heck, realistically this will be as far as I go, ' cos it's so near to perfect. I believe that we notice it more when its just slightly out because the others look so good!! I never wanted or expected to have perfect teeth. I just wanted them to be straighter teeth that didn't jutt out. The Invisalign has achieved that. I had read lots of information prior to this that Invisalign doesn't work well with overjets and teeth extractions. I personally have no complaints and feel that the aligners have done a great job for me and what they were intended to do, with relatively little discomfort physically. My personal appearance was not an issue because hardly anyone noticed them at all. I would go through it all again to get this result. I love my new smile and the confidence that it has given me. I no longer put my hand up to my face when I smile or talk. As well, I am no longer camera shy to have my photograph taken. I just wish I had been braver and done it when I was younger and also that my husband Bill, was still here to see the results. I think he would approve even though I know he loved me as I was.
I will be back at the end of treatment to update the final pathway of this journey with my maintenance.