Been a while...

Wow - it's been a while since my last post. Guess I haven't had much to say. I am on set 17 of 22 now. Set 16 was particularly painful, and my usual tricks of Sensodyne, starting a set right before bed, and minimizing "out time" during the first few days did not work. I was away on business for a few days, so I kept that set in for an extra 2 days. Set 17 went in much easier, and has been much less uncomfortable.

Had an ortho checkup last week. Things still look good, though an upper lateral incisor and cuspid are not tracking as well as the rest of my mouth. Doc was not concerned. He expects in most of his Invisalign patients a course of refinements about half as long as the original course - so for me that would be another 11 or 12 aligners. In addition, he thought part of the correction could be achieved through new veneers, since my upper incisors already have veneers, and it is looking like I will need to replace them after treatment is complete. I am not so happy with that suggestion - good veneers are quite expensive. My current veneers are adequate, not spectacular, but the dentist who did them gave me a price I couldn't refuse.