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Refinements! (I must have been a bad girl)

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by , 11-04-2009 at 10:53 PM (373 Views)
It's been 2 days now. 2 days since the office manager at Dr. A's office called to let me know that my refinements were in. I suppose I could have just let it be a surprise but I couldn't suppress the urge to ask how many trays there would be.

There are 23U/13L.

In case you are not familiar with my story I had 20U/21L initially.

I thanked her and tried to put on a brave face as I told my husband and a close friend. 23 more but perhaps I won't need to wear them for the full 2 weeks? Or won't need attachments? Or...

Well I went in this morning for my appointment (which was also 15 minutes lately despite me leaving before 7 to get there on time but that's a whole other matter) and it looks like none of the above.

There are 23 trays. To be worn 2 weeks each. There will be attachments (not until tray 3). Lots of them. Including my front teeth. Apparently this was a bit of a surprise to Dr. A as well although he did mention that the movements will be smaller and more precise. He also thinks my bite will feel a lot better after this round. It's still a bit of an unpleasant surprise after my first round of trays though. Having said, I do appreciate that I don't have to wear my months old trays anymore and that the new ones fit so much more snugly.

My teeth will hopefully be nice and straight by the end of this round (although it's likely that after 23 trays I will need at least another round of refinements) but for now I think I'm just going to mope and pout to my husband for a bit longer. heh. le sigh.
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  1. Sunny's Avatar
    It's incredible that you need so many Lemon Tree ... but sounds like your ortho has great plans for your bite ... so here's to even more amazing results when this is over!
  2. MCOMarkhamOrthodontist's Avatar
    The number of refinement trays is high but not out of the ordinary. It depends on how much correction was expected in the first number of trays. It should be no surprise that you need attachments on the front teeth, especially given the movements you'd like expressed.

    Hopefully this round brings things a lot closer to where you want to be .
  3. lemon tree's Avatar
    thanks for the encouragement - i think i am slowly recovering from the initial shock and am enjoying the freshness of the new trays.
  4. smile786's Avatar
    just think of how awesome you'll look after those 23 more trays
  5. lemon tree's Avatar
    thanks smile!
  6. Anny's Avatar
    Aww I know it sucks but it will be so worth it