Put in my 5th aligner Sunday (yesterday) and boy does my mouth hurt. This one is one of the most owwiest aligner. In the pictures below I don't have the aligners in either of them. The one on the left is my before invisalign and the one on the right is 24hours after putting in my 5th.
Now I'm on number 5 out of 10 aligners!! yeahh!
My bottoms are starting to straighten out. The bottom aligner hurts right now. Its really pushing that tooth on the bottom left back and its really tender. When I first put it in it had a big gap on the top of the tooth. I just chewed on an aligner chewie and now its fits a little better. Pedro really was having a bad day at the factory when he cut this one. My tongue hurts. Along the side on the bottom its still trying to cut up my tongue even after I clipped the part that sticks out a bit between the back two molars. I really dislike the taste of blood. yuck yuck yuck ewwww. It totally grosses me out to see when people suck on there cuts. shudder



Below are pictures of my top teeth. Again both are without aligners on. The one on the left is before invisalign and the one on the right is 24hours after putting in my 5th aligner. My twisted tooth on the left next to my front tooth is starting to twist straighter and the two teeth next to those teeth are starting to move more inward. I really feel the pressure on that second tooth on the right as its pushing that tooth inward and it really really hurts after I put the aligner back in. It should be better in the next day or so.

Me at work at 0500 after drinking a 4 shot keith richards mocha and off to do morning blood draws.



Good morning! My name is Penny and I'm from the lab! Your doctor has ordered some blood tests so I will be drawing some blood from you!
First what is your name and your date of birth?! Oh I see you are intubated and are on milk of amnesia! Dont worry you wont remember any of this!







Now lets see what kind of veins you have!
Why are you shaking your head violently? Are you a head injury? Should I ask the nurse to change your restraints to leather? I think they are more comfortable.







What the heck! Why oh why did they put your IV's on both your hands?! Now where am I suppose to draw? Oh I know, look at that big vein in the middle of your head!
Oh hi my nurse friend! oh he has a central line you can get the blood from. oh... okay. Darn I always wanted to draw from a forehead vein and look at that fatty.

Just got my video clip for my invisalign where you get to see a little movie on your teeth before and as they move. Real cool, only I don't know how or if I can post it. I do have an end photo that was emailed to me. Here it t'is.

Just started my 4th aligner. My twisted tooth just doesnt really want to move. I got some aligner chewies from
http://www.jawproducts.com
They are wonderful. After chewing on them for a little while that tooth started to move a little . yeahhh




Here I am with the bottom #4 aligner in. I took my before picture into the bathroom and compared now to then and they are starting to look a little straigher. happy happy






My ortho gave me a strawberry (?) flavored aligner chewie. Didnt think it tasted so good. Think I will stick with my unflavored one and just soak it in mouth wash.
Also got an aligner ultrasonic from the jawproducts place. Only 20.00



Here is a slide view of the chewie. Love the things. Only costs 1.75 for 3 and like 65 cents to ship. Got two packages. They are addictive, chew chew chew
Like gum only...unflavored :)

Now I'm on my 4th aligner set. Here is a pic of my lower aligners. The one on the right is my 1st lower aligner and the left one is my 4th. Sorry the quality suckith much.

Pedro at the invisalign factory did a poor job cutting around the inside front. Ouchie owie it cut the heck out of the underside of my tongue until I filed that area down.







This one is a little better. The top one is my 1st aligner and the one on the bottom is my 4th. Pedro has done an ok job with this tray. Maybe he has some anger issues. One person told me that Edro Pedro's evil twin trimmed her last one. hmmm







This is a picture of my before on my uppers. Not real u shaped and the tooth with the little dot filling is slightly twisted. Wow look at all that metal. I think when I am done I will start replacing them with tooth colored fillings.