21st Trays

Between finishing the school year and moving, I forgot to take pictures of my 20th trays.  Oops!  I don't have a lot to say about them, either.  I could really feel them in my two front teeth.

I put my 21st trays in on Tuesday.  They were surprisingly more fitted than most of my trays up to this point.  One thing that I observed quickly was that there isn't really space below my two front teeth to move like there has been with previous trays.  Usually, that is the most space left for movement!  I had to leave one set of trays in for an extra week for my two front teeth to move into that space.  This time around, however, the space seems to be below the teeth immediately next to my two front teeth.  Maybe that means they will move downward and more in line with my two fron teeth?!

Here are pictures:

I feel like my overbite is improving, but I really can't tell.  I do know that my jaw pops a LOT these days!

You can see the space below the smallest tooth in front.

I have had a change in my gum structure a little bit.  For a few months, when I took my top trays out, I somehow kept scratching the gums above my little tooth in the middle on top.  Over time, that made the gums wear away a little bit, and now, some more tooth is exposed than it was before.  I'll post a comparison shot of this at some point.  Scratching that gum was not very pleasant (and I didn't do it on purpose!), but I'm not really upset about the result. :)

Current smile.  This has really changed in pictures.

Here's my whole mouth.  As you can see, there are still a number of teeth that need some serious shifting.  My bottom teeth are getting close to being aligned, though!

My next appointment is on July 7.  I'm looking forward to that so I can see where I'll be in 10 weeks or so!