Tray # 22 Pic!

Finally, thought I better put up a pic of my progress! tray # 1 compared to tray # 22!!! LOVING IT!!!! :)

Yay, no more rubber band!!!

I'm due to change over to tray # 22 tonight.... So my dentist wanted to see me today to assess my stubborn tooth before moving to the next set of trays. She said the stubborn tooth HAS moved to exactly where it should be! YAY! So she took off the hooks that were for attaching the rubber band (not the nicest process, felt like she was ruining my tooth with all that scraping!). So it means no more rubber bands! YAY! So happy, it was just annoying cos it was just an extra thing to remember to put on and I could only put it on and take if off with these dental tweezers so it was a pain trying to take them out secretly at work!
She said that she will still keep an eye on this tooth to make sure it keeps on track but for now everything is perfect! So, my next appointment is scheduled for one months time.
I also asked about teeth whitening, she said that I would only have to pay for the tube of bleach and I can use my own trays to bleach them which means I save about $600 cos they don't have to take impressions to make trays! yay! Also she said that its better to do at home whitening than in the office as you control how white you want to go plus WAY cheaper! (she did say she isn't much of a sales person and that she should actually be promoting in-office treatments!).
So I am very happy. I can't believe how fast the time has gone and that if everything stays on track then I only have 8 more trays to go!!!

Finally get to move to tray # 21!

Had my appointment today to again see if the stubborn bottom tooth has moved to where it should...... it has moved but I still have to wear rubberbands for the next 2 weeks, BUT I get to change over to tray # 21!!!!! YAY! Its been almost 5 weeks of wearing the same trays and they have gotten a bit gross despite extra soaking in denture cleaner. So I am very happy to be finally changing trays. Stink to having to continue wearing rubberbands but as my dentist says: Its better to work on this tooth now than have to deal with refinements at the end. I'm happy.