9 months!
Wow. It has been a whirlwind! I am sorry it has been 3 months since updates! As they say, no news is usually good news right? Overall, everything has improved. My braces came off in February and then began 8 weeks of Invisalign trays, which brings you to present day. My pain is minimal, every time I change trays I do have jaw pain predominantly on the right side (not sure if that has to do with my disc displacement and right condyle being the way it is or not). The pain subsides and is NOTHING like my jaw pain use to be. I can eat almost everything. Fruit snacks or beef jerky are still a challenge, but progress not perfection :) My palette and gums are still numb, but apparently that is normal and will come back eventually. I did have a lot of dry needling done since I have posted last, and that really helped with some pain I was having. I am clenching at night, but when I wake up and my teeth are clenching I am not in pain. Yes, you read that correctly. It...