00:01Hi guys, welcome to week 7 of my new 13 week Invisalign plan.
00:07It was originally a 19 week plan, but I have already had one revision at about week 10.
00:14So my teeth weren't tracking as quickly as they should have been.
00:17So I had a scan and a revision.
00:19So now it's week 7 and today we are heading into Proud Smile to see my dentist
00:26because I need a procedure before I move on to the week 8 trays.
00:30And the procedure I need today is called interproximal reduction, which is basically IPR.
00:39And why I need that is because as my picket fence line of teeth are straightening and coming together,
00:47I've got some teeth that are already touching at the curved end.
00:52And so because they're already touching at the curved end, as the teeth are moving together,
00:57the curved end bit where they're already touching is basically just sort of jamming tighter and tighter together.
01:02And it results in these black triangles.
01:05So if you think of my gum line here, and my teeth are like this, and the biting end is
01:10here,
01:11the tighter these jammed together, then I'm left with these black triangles basically.
01:15So interproximal reduction or IPR is basically shading off about 0.1 to 0.5 millimetres of active teeth.
01:26So then they're going to come together a little bit straighter basically.
01:32And then I'll also have a little bit of room here to floss because at the moment,
01:36if these keep jamming together tighter and tighter, this bit here is going to have no room to put in
01:41a floss.
01:41And so I'll have more difficulty cleaning my teeth.
01:46So to say I'm anxious about it would not be an understatement.
01:51I am anxious about it.
01:53I was up at 2 o'clock in the morning thinking about it.
01:56Because even though it's not a drill, so it's not going down towards the nerve,
02:00it's still, I think the dentist is going to use a disc or a strip to basically shave away some
02:07of my tooth now.
02:08So some of the tooth and some of the enamel and you still can feel it.
02:12Like I looked up, does it hurt?
02:14And it's not meant to hurt, but you can still feel the vibration and the pressure and what have you.
02:20And obviously you can see I'm wearing my Invisalines and they just feel bulky in my mouth.
02:26So to say that I'm looking forward to this journey ending is also an understatement.
02:31But anyway, like any dental procedure you're not particularly looking forward to,
02:36the best thing to do is just go in, get it done and then it's done.
02:39So let's go.
02:52Okay, so we're here now.
02:54I'm just waiting nervously in their beautiful lounges.
02:58So tell me the way you're going with your...
02:59Yes, sick of them.
03:01Sick of them, yeah.
03:02Oh, I'm so sick of them.
03:04But good, this second lot that, you know, how I had the adjustment, they seem different.
03:09They seem a bit higher or they fit better on my teeth or something.
03:13I'm sure I'm probably imagining it, but they actually do.
03:16I was a little bit worried last week though because I warped one again.
03:20So I bit, you know, the walls that they're trying to push them back.
03:23And so I thought, oh, they're not tracking.
03:25But this one now fits fine.
03:27Yeah.
03:27And I can put them in and out.
03:29Yeah.
03:29It does feel pretty tight though.
03:30So you're on number seven a bit.
03:32Yes.
03:33Okay.
03:33And so I need that shape.
03:35Today we need to do it.
03:35Oh, no.
03:37It's quite simple actually.
03:39Is it?
03:39I'm just any movement or anything on my teeth.
03:43Yeah.
03:43No, I think it should be okay.
03:45And then I'll give you an eight, nine, ten, probably five or six months.
03:51Yes.
03:52Yeah, because it's only a week, a 13 week.
03:54But I was then asking your receptionist that if I get to week 12 or even 13 and they haven't
04:00tracked exactly as they should have, can we still ask for another adjustment?
04:05Yeah, because I'm on unlimited.
04:07Yeah, yours is on a bigger package.
04:08So we can ask as many revisions as we need.
04:11Oh, awesome.
04:11Yeah.
04:12But I think...
04:12Obviously, you're getting sick of them.
04:13But if we have to, then...
04:16I do want the good result.
04:17Yeah.
04:17I'm really happy.
04:19And they're definitely straightening.
04:21I'm sure they are.
04:21Like, I really am sure they are.
04:23Right.
04:23And what teeth are you doing?
04:25Is it these two front teeth, the top ones?
04:26No, it's the lower.
04:27It's the lower front.
04:28Oh, it's the lower.
04:30So these top ones.
04:31Because these are the bunny rabbit ones, the top ones.
04:33So they're okay, aren't they?
04:34But it's more about the bites as well.
04:36Yeah.
04:36You need to match top and bottom teeth.
04:38Oh, okay.
04:39So I'm on your lower teeth over too forward.
04:41So I'm going to try and tuck them in behind the top teeth.
04:44I can bite my lip now.
04:47I have not been able to do that for years.
04:50Like, that is a change.
04:52I really can now get my teeth closer together, these front ones.
04:56Because I have not...
04:56Oh, yeah, because you have that gap, yeah.
04:58Yeah, I have not been able to get them that close to even bite my top lip for ages.
05:02All right, let's have a look.
05:03Definitely changing.
05:04Well, there's changes there.
05:06Positive changes.
05:07But my teeth are going yellow as well.
05:09Yeah.
05:11Good job, baby.
05:13You can try...
05:14During the spirit, you can try those whitening to the face.
05:18Okay, yep.
05:19And I've got the gunk in them as well.
05:22Oh, thank you.
05:22Oh, yeah.
05:24I do wear the teeth mousse all the time.
05:29So what are you using to do the shape?
05:31Is it a disc or a strip?
05:34I think those will be a little burr.
05:37Okay.
05:38What's that?
05:39A drill?
05:39Yeah.
05:41Let's not go into too much detail.
05:43Okay, good.
05:44It's probably best if you don't know too much.
05:45Yeah, okay, good.
05:47I like if you're going to be executed.
05:49I want to say that this.
05:50Yeah, true.
05:53Okay.
05:58Okay.
06:12Yeah, they really are, aren't they?
06:13Like, I can now start telling the difference.
06:21I wish these two front teeth weren't so big, though.
06:24But the reason they're so big is they haven't worn down at all, have they?
06:27These two big ones at the front.
06:30I thought that was going to be what you were going to be shading away, the top ones.
06:34No, I mean, we can do that towards the end.
06:37Oh, yeah, can you if they're looking horrible still?
06:39Yeah, yeah.
06:40It could have been a bit of a shame.
06:43We can definitely do that.
06:44Well, they just haven't reduced at all because I haven't been chewing on them at all, have they?
06:48No.
06:50Is that the progress of them?
06:53I could see that when you...
06:54Yeah, this is where you are now.
06:56Okay.
06:56It started here.
07:00I could actually...
07:01Not long, sorry.
07:03Yeah, you started here.
07:05Oh, yeah.
07:06So it was quite narrow.
07:07Yeah.
07:08And now we are here.
07:12Oh, wow.
07:13So it's much around.
07:14Oh, it is.
07:16And so much straighter.
07:17Straighter at the front.
07:17Yeah.
07:18And usually it was more like this kind of thing.
07:21So that tooth was quite behind.
07:22Yeah.
07:24Yeah.
07:25So...
07:25And they do.
07:26They do look straighter.
07:27I can now see.
07:30I can now see.
07:43I can now see.
07:49I can now see.
07:52I can now see.
07:55All right.
07:56So let's do this.
07:57So you should be kind of pretty okay.
07:58But let me know if you...
07:59Do you have a squeeze ball?
08:02I can't get you one.
08:03Oh, can you?
08:04Yeah.
08:05That's right.
08:05I'll just pinch my leg.
08:07Don't worry.
08:08You don't have one.
08:09We do.
08:10There's someone.
08:10Oh, don't worry about it.
08:12Obviously, yeah, I'm positive.
08:13I'll be all right.
08:15Okay.
08:45I'll be all right.
09:05I'll be all right.
09:15I'll be all right.
09:23Getting your teeth cleaned is actually worse because they go closer to the gum line when
09:27you're getting your teeth cleaned.
09:29Yeah.
09:29Yeah.
09:30But that actually felt like my teeth being cleaned, basically.
09:33Yeah.
09:34You feel likely to my teeth are coming off.
09:38Let's do it right here.
10:16I'm just wondering if just before the end, we should have another look to make sure they're
10:24okay.
10:25What you can do is we can maybe do like eight, nine, ten, which is, you should do it every
10:31week.
10:31It's six weeks.
10:34Okay.
10:35Yeah.
10:35That's fine.
10:35And then we'll do the other three.
10:37Yeah.
10:38And see if they're tracking okay.
10:39Yeah.
10:39But you think they are?
10:41Yeah.
10:41The fact that the trade fits is already an indication of that.
10:45Okay.
10:45But also looking, comparing with the digital setup, it seems to be fine.
10:51Thank you very much.
10:53I really appreciate this.
10:54I have definitely no positive changes and yeah, I'm very happy about this.
10:59Yeah.
10:59Getting there.
11:00Getting there.
11:01All right.
11:02Well, thank you so much.
11:03Oh yes.
11:04I've got nine, eight in, eight, nine, ten.
11:07Yeah.
11:08Okay.
11:08And can I take this container for nine?
11:13Okay.
11:14So we're back now.
11:15So I've advanced to the week eight aligners and like all new aligners, when they're first
11:20put in, they feel really, really tight.
11:22Yeah.
11:23Like they're really pressing, putting a lot of force on a few teeth in particular, but
11:27that was really good news to see how my teeth have progressed.
11:32Like they've, basically the arch has definitely gotten wider, which was the expansion was one
11:38of my key issues.
11:38And the crookedness along that really narrow expanse has definitely gotten a lot less.
11:44Like they are looking straighter.
11:46Um, they've definitely expanded.
11:48So that was good validation to see on screen what I have been seeing in the mirror, basically.
11:54So there's definitely positive changes and the actual, now let me try to remember what
12:00it was, IPR interproximal reduction.
12:06That, I mean, it was, I was really scared before that happened, but it wasn't actually
12:11as bad as I thought.
12:12Like the sensation was like having your teeth cleaned, basically.
12:17Um, although it was even a little bit better than having your teeth cleaned because when they're
12:21cleaning your teeth, they tend to go right down to your gum line.
12:24That was just sort of at the top end of my teeth.
12:27So there was a couple of bits at the beginning where I thought, Oh no, that's really sensitive.
12:32This is actually going to feel really bad.
12:34But then that died away very quickly.
12:36And then the rest of it was just, um, yeah, it wasn't as bad as I feared.
12:42But anyway, so that's really good.
12:44So I'm on week eight of my new 13 week plan.
12:48And I have another appointment in another few weeks, just because, um, just another appointment
12:53before I reach week 13, just to make sure that my teeth are tracking in the right direction
12:58and on time.
13:00So anyway, but that was really positive.
13:02So that's done.
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