Minor delay

Was flat on my back sick as a dog for nearly 5 days last week. Well, ordinarily illness would not be an issue, but multiple sessions of cookie tossing are not conducive to aligner wearing, and they were out for much of those days.

So I wore set 11 for an extra week, and am now wearing set 12. They went in fairly easily, but as I slacked off on the Sensodyne toothpaste again, I am feeling some soreness the past 2 days. The only other change is that I am using the aligner "chewies" more frequently, to ensure the aligners seat well and I get maximum movement for this aligner.

Halfway point

How could I have missed the fact that I am now at the halfway point? Now, when I say halfway, I mean that I am on set 11 of 22 upper and lower aligners; but I know quite well that this is just the initial treatment. There could be a whole new set of refinements when I hit the magic 22. Even so, I am quite pleased to be at the 50% mark - things have gone well, I have not had much trouble adjusting to Invisalign, and hope the rest goes as well.

On another note, while checking into a hotel yesterday, the bell hop said "can I ask you a personal question?" I said "fire away" and he said "does your insurance cover Invisalign?" I told him that my insurance covers about one-third of the $6600 price tag. I also said that I was surprised he could tell I was wearing the aligners - nobody has ever said anything before, and as I noted in an earlier posting, my wife and even orthodontist don't even notice. Anyway, he said he went through 2 sets of braces - once as a teen and again in his 20s, and he feels his teeth have shifted again. Funny, they looked movie star perfect to me...