Weeeyin

Well hello everyone......I haven’t vanished off the face of the earth, just been really busy with work, life, everything really.....but I haven’t forgotten all my friends I’ve met on here.
Things with the new straight teeth have been fine since I finished treatment back In October. It did take several months and attempts to get a retainer I was happy with, I think I picked it up about December, ok I’m not 100% happy with it as it’s not as good as fit as my final tray, the top one isn’t as flush to my gum on the inner side of my front teeth and has a tendency to be caught by my tongue when I’m talking so it sort of falls out – at night its fine as I don’t talk in my sleep J The bottom one is ok, nothing special but seems to do the job. Needless to say I often use my final trays instead, they’re comfortable and I’m less conscious that it’ll fall out when I’m talking.
I would say I only wear the retainers at night, but I’m thinking I should really be wearing them probably much more to full time for a few months as I do notice the one tooth (that was the whole reason I chose to get treatment) starts to move of its own accord come bed time. It’s just a case of getting back into daytime wear is a bit of a hassle – but I can do it!!!
As for invisalign and weight loss – who are you kidding?!!! When I started January 2009 I was really hoping that sore teeth, constant brushing etc would help me loose a few lbs – NO! It did the opposite, I was gorging at meal times so I ended up putting a few lbs on at first – not amused! Hehe, anyways, warning folks....when you get the trays of and the attachments off and your teeth are no longer sore/tender for days on end, how much fun is it to scoff toffee and gums etc allllllll day long?! I’ve out on 7lbs since October, this was not part of the Invisalign deal – honestly, with a course of treatment they should throw in 6 months free WeighWatchers membership at the end. I’m sure i’ll get back to normal soon. Wish i’d gone the other way but never mind, I enjoyed all the food at the time.
Tonight I have my first proper/normal dentist appointment since finishing treatment (very nervous) – the first the dentist will have seen me since IPR etc, now in 31 years I’ve never had a filling so I’m hoping that this is the same and it’s just a little polish I’ll get away with. I know I had a little bit too much IPR done in 2 places so I’ve got teeny gaps that I’m very conscious of keeping clean and free of trapped food, I may investigate the filling of these in time if it’s an option as they’re still bugging me a bit, I just hope I don’t need any work due to decay.
I haven’t bothered carrying on with the whitening treatment, I feel that until I can wean myself off the irn bru I’m wasting my time,I’m doing that slowly as its torture in itself, hopefully by the summer I’ll be there and can have my first Hollywood smile on the beach – when I’ve lost my “invisalign belly” heheheheh.
Update you on the appointment tonight later ..........till then ......... Keep smiling folks! x