3 of 24 aligners

I got my 3rd set of aligners two days ago! :) I am always so happy when I get to start wearing the next set of aligners. After all, each new set gets me closer and closer to the finish line.

As mentioned previously, I did get attachments put on my teeth. I have a total of 8, equally distributed in each quadrant of my mouth:

I realize that it is very difficult to see the attachments due to the quality of the images, so I have outlined them in red in the lower picture. What is nice is that I don't find the attachments to be that noticeable in 'real life'. They completely match the colour of my teeth, and I think they'd only be visible to someone who is a short distance from me. If I can get my hands on a better camera, I will post other pictures of the attachments.

And for the record: So far Invisalign causes much less pain/discomfort than the train track braces.

Update (Feb 11, 2009):

I wanted to quickly mention that I have had no problems with the attachments so far. I thought that I might experience some mouth sores due to the attachments, but I have had nothing of the sort. The reason I thought I might get mouth sores is because I recall that the brackets from my traditional braces used to cut my cheeks. So this is yet another instance of "Invisalign: 1, Traditional Braces: 0".

Update (Feb 15, 2009):

As an example of how unnoticeable the attachments are, there have been a few times when I've been brushing my teeth in front of the bathroom mirror and panicked that an attachment had fallen off...only to realize that it was still there...they're just so well camouflaged! Similarly, there have been a couple mornings where I have woken up thinking that I forgot to put my aligners in my mouth the night before,...but the aligners are actually in my mouth! I guess that means that I'm really used to the feeling of the aligners in my mouth :)