Visiting my montreal orthodontist

Saw my Montreal orthodontist (yes it's bold because he's THE ORTHODONTIST IN MONTREAL) today and ok fine, I admit, he's the best invisalign guy in montreal.

Maybe it's stockholm syndrome.

Either way, happy I'm up to tray 13 now! Oh wait, I'm not. I'm still stuck on tray 7. I *have* tray 13, but alas, it'll be... too many weeks.

More elastics.. more trays.. more waiting.

Poutine time!

Sept for November...

More changes! Not.

What a disappointment this has been.

I'm getting used to the braces, but my teeth are being stubborn like me and not coorperating.

My brain on the other hand, is totally cooperating and making it easy for me not to notice things.

Merde. So many more weeks to go.

Somethings moving... something's in the air...

New problem now - when chewing I notice my teeth moving around. Now I'm sure they're actually supposed to be moving (or how else am I going to get my awesome smile), but I think they're going to fall off. Flossing behind there is weird too.

Another.. how many weeks?

Maybe i'll keep myself to one tub of ice cream a week.

*counts fingers*

Maybe not.

DAy... too many

Tray 4 coming up and the pain of the trays is getting less now. I didn't even notice the last one.

I'm even prouder that I'm now Houdini when it comes to getting these retainers off. Look ma! No hands! And by no hands, I mean no hooks. No invisalign hooks! Arg... wanna see my hook?

Still waiting for my teeth to change. My routine goes a little like this:

Wake up
Check mirror
Go back to bed
Wake up
Check mirror

Maybe I need to get rid of my mirror for now.

Unamed montreal orthodontist - you better be right! 

NEW TRAYS! Succeess!

New trays! Well, second tray. Just when I was getting used to the first tray, they gotta go and make me put this new tray into place. Owwww... maybe I need to go get some more painkillers. I know, I'm such a wuss. :(

Two weeks down... many many more to go?

New spiderman though! (new to me ok. No making fun of me).

New Invisalign Aligners

3 more days (I think... I can't count.. my orthodontist will do it for me!) until new aligners. I'm excited but getting impatient. My teeth haven't even begun to move! My stash of tylenol 3s has now run out and there's no pain...

Whew

Waiting for the next tray now. Can't come any sooner.

Invisalign Montreal: Day Five

Haagen Daas, how I love thee. Things are finally getting easier and the aligners don't bother me as much anymore. I still feel like a gimp trying to take my aligners in and out, but it's getting easier too. Too bad I accidentally bit my cheek so now I'm a little chip munky.

*Counts down.. * I have how many trays to go?

I can't take this. Must find ice cream. Need... sustenance...

Someone's kicked my mouth

If Claude Leumieux punched me in the mouth, I think this is what it'd feel like. My teeth are killing me and those pesky elastics are.. gah! The buttons, the pain, need to find me more tylenol 3s. I wonder if L can help me get some.. hum. :)

I'm also starving! It hurts to bite, chew and do anythings so I'm stuck with soft foods. These little aligners are being a pain too and make me concious when eating. My tongue is also killing me because it keeps rubbing that bottom retainer and is making it raw. I CANT STAND IT. I HATE MY MONTREAL ORTHODONTIST. 

I still have way too many sets of aligners to go through as well. Guess I'm going to be eating ice cream lots now.. *hurmph*

Invisalign

Ok, decided on Invisalign and today was day #1! Overbite and crowding means I'm paying too much, but I'm going to have an awesome smile. I hope. I think.

Had the molds done a few weeks ago (while trying desperately to hold down my lunch) and TADA! Today, brand new aligners. Putting them on.. not so yeah. Took an hour for them to go over everything with me and now I have little white notches all over my teeth to hold them in place.

I also don't get to escape having elastics and still have those on my bottom teeth. Soooooo hard to take off! Putting them on though - c'est facile! 

So for the next 1.5 years of my life.. I'm stuck with Invisalign. Let's see what happens shall we?

Meeting with orthodontist #2, 3, 4 and 5

Ok. I'm exhausted and done. Met with way too many orthodontiste who poked and prodded me (ok not really, but I felt that way) until I finally had enough. Big range of prices and way too much information later.. here's what I know

• Normal braces are cheap. Well, as cheap as can be. They're kind of ugly, but at least they come in colors! I... still dont feel like looking like a 10 year old, so that's out.
• Damon Braces are clear... but still look not so good. I think my mom would disapprove.
• Finally, we have Invisalign braces which seem like a good choice, but $7,000!!! Cheaper than the ortho #1, but still...  

I tried some googling today.. Invisalign Montreal, Montreal Invisalign,  Orthodontie Montreal, Montreal Orthodontists.... and I gave up. Too many results, too little time.

Meeting with my orthodontist #1

"Macclo wha?"

 "A malocclusion is when your teeth are misaligned."  said my friendly orthodontist. (in case you're wondering I came home and googled it). He went on to describe in detail exactly what was wrong with my teeth and his recommended treatment.

I wasn't paying attention of course. That is until he quoted the price. $8,000?!? My car costs less than that!

Meeting orthodontist #2 next week. Maybe he'll be more reasonable.

In the meantime, it's time for some girl time at La Banquise.

Getting braces

After more than 20 years of having "fine teeth", my dentist said the words I never wanted to hear, "I think your bite is getting worse and you might want to look into braces."

It stunned me. I thought I was doing ok! But I've been going to this dentist for a long time.. so if he says I should look into something, I darn well listen.

Zut alors!  as my mom said. Of course, talking to her on the phone didn't help either... her crazy french.. the only thing she could say was to repeat "Un orthodontiste? C'est dommage! Orthodontie invisible!"

Over and over again. I think she just liked to rub it in and speak bad French even though her french is just fine. Will post updates later when I figure out what I'm going to do about all these appointments I'm supposedly having with my orthodontiste!

Merde.