Haven't had much time to write & seriously every picture I try taking turns out horrible. I was just going to wait, but I thought I'd write quickly. I go to the orthodontist n 4 days, so at this point in my current trays my teeth aren't hurting. Things are fine that way. My retainers have gotten so dirty and it's pretty much impossible to clean them back to normal once you let them go. I half don't even care at this point since I'm almost done with this set, but know I need to focus on better habits.
I have been doing some research because I was very worried that my teeth weren't where they should be and apparently it's quite common to need refinements. Which from what I've heard is just new retainers because things didn't go as planned or for whatever reason aren't perfect. Which I believe includes new molds (ick) and new trays. Which can be a lot depending on the case. I've read some blogs where people needed 2 different cycles of refinements, which can easily add up to 6 months or more. Which is both discouraging and nice. I want perfect teeth. But I am sick of retainers and was very much looking forward to being done. Plus I have to wear this next set for a month. Which seems wasteful if I'm going to get new molds. AND then the molds take time to be sent away so I can be making NO progress for like a month. That seems like a waste of time. And I'm unsure about payment. I read sometimes 1-2 refinements are included in the cost. But I'm not sure. I would hate to have to invest more money into this process when I'm trying to save for other things! I'm guessing I will learn about this when my teeth are "done" and the orthodontist realizes they're not perfect and will require more work. For now, I guess I will just wait.
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