Hi everyone
I've been reading your posts for a few weeks now and decided I need to post my story now. I am on tray 12 of 15 but I have only been doing Invisalign for 5 weeks!
Ok, I started my Invisalign journey in 2005. I received 15 trays from my dentist (Invisalign specialist) and went home to start the process. Well, at the time, I was in a very public job that required me to see people all day long and at times be on camera. I couldn't handle the lisp from day one and I kept taking the trays out before meetings, etc. So, since I paid all that money, I decided to wear them only at night. It seems so long ago and I can't remember how how long I wore each tray before switching to the next, just that I always wore them at night. My biggest issue with my teeth were the front ones overlapped and since we all know invisalign works back to front, I never really saw much movement in the front teeth.
Fast forward to January 2012-I decided I am at a point in my life/career that I dont care what people think and I am going to get braces to finally correct this smile. I knew Invisalign was the right choice, so I went back to my same dentist and told him I want to start over with a new attitude. I still had all my trays, so I brought them to the appointment. He determined that tray 10 fit my teeth where they are now, so I started there on Jan 3, 2012. I wore 10 for 2 weeks, 11 for 2 weeks and now I am on tray 12. Also, somewhere along my 2005 journey, I lost tray 14. So I have to go from 13 to 15 in the final stages. My dentist and I are hoping this routine will work since the process is so expensive and I already paid for it once.
I would love to hear some of your thoughts on how you think this will work out for me.