Invisalign

Yesterday was a huge day for me.

If you wanna know why, tell me what you see when you look at the following photo. Most people would see a graduation ceremony, an excited/exhausted graduate, a woman on the verge of becoming engaged to the man of her dreams, Sun Devil school pride, bangs that looked good for about 5 minutes, or my beautiful classmates.

I see crooked teeth.

Let's try it with this photo now. No makeup? Fuzzy hair? Kitchen of ex-boyfriends past? High school teenage exuberance? Nope. Straight teeth.

I had braces in high school for almost 2 years. 2 years of appointments, teeth impressions, brackets, rubber bands, wax and radiating pain. After everything was said and done and the braces came off, life was great!

Then, I had my wisdom teeth removed. And there were complications. And shifting. And oral surgery. And a bad reaction to Percoset. And retainers that stopped fitting.

And basically? My teeth aren't straight anymore. It's been something I've been kind of unsettled about for the past several years, and something that has been pretty disappointing, considering how much time and money my family invested in my teeth.  I've been wanting to do Invisalign for years, but it's never been something I could afford.

UNTIL NOW. Armed with an almost 50 hour work week and complete health coverage, I can finally take the plunge into Invisalign! I had a consultation yesterday and was thrilled to hear the dentist say that not only was I a perfect candidate for Invisalign, but that I also have beautiful, healthy teeth! They took impressions (ew, ick, gross, gag) and my first trays should be ready just after our wedding.

Maybe it's silly to devote an entire post to clear braces, but this is something that is really important to me. After all, people watch me talk for a living! So let's hear it for finding a positive way to deal with my exorbitant workload, investing in my dental health and straight teeth :D