I'm...done?!

That's right. I am apparently done after this set. And I'm happy/sad about it. I went to my check today and the hygienist told me I had 3 sets of "pluses" that the doctor would see if I needed to use. Which I wanted. How weird to WISH for more retainers?! But I'll explain. He came in and looked at my mouth and was really pleased. He said I didn't need to use the extra ones because they are just to overcorrect things that didn't come out. And he said mine look great. Which confuses me. I have to wear this set for 4 weeks. Which really isn't going to do much. Each tray individually barely moves your teeth. It's a very small difference ONE tray can make. Then I will get my attachments aka bumps off!! And he said he will order my retainer today. My number one complaint at this point is communication. I'm not sure why I need a separate retainer, if I have to pay, etc. I guess it just had the bumps gone so it will snug to my teeth once I get the attachments off. Otherwise, it seems to be done.

Now on to the good/bad feelings. GOOD is that I'm soooo ready to be done. I won't have to worry about eating and constantly cleaning them, how I eat in public, the gross feeling or dirty retainers, or new pain. BAD is that I don't think my teeth are near perfect (maybe I'm just being overly critical because I've seen how much they CAN change and how much I like the change) (I'm also not sure if they're making me done because they think I'm done or they just don't want to waste more time on me. That's my cynical nature to question motives.), I don't want to be unhappy with my smile ever again and really this was a big investment. I have said I would be happy if my mouth stopped in this position. And I kind of would, I just really had my heart set on everything being PERFECT. They didn't really make it easy for me to ask questions and they were very pleased with how things looked. My teeth from the front look really good, but the back teeth are NOT completely straight. Is that normal? Aren't back teeth supposed to be straight too? I'm going to look into it and then try to post some pictures!