BRACES OFF! but not over yet.......

[Guest guest]

hi!

I got my braces off a week ago - and I am SOOOO excited to show off

my new face... but I have an issue.

Besides the expected numbness left over - the bottom teeth on one

side of my mouth feel loose and sore. I'm not sure if it's from the

last round of bands before the braces came off or what. I am eating

what I want again and I love my new look - but I am concerned about

the continued soreness..

Anyone else have this problem? I am 2 1/2 months post-op from

upper/lower/genio.

[Guest guest]

that's awesome that you've gotten your braces off so soon after

surgery! i'm 5 weeks post-op and wondering how much longer i'll be

in braces. i can't wait to have them off!!!

anyway, i don't really have any input besides that...

> hi!

> I got my braces off a week ago - and I am SOOOO excited to show

off

> my new face... but I have an issue.

>

> Besides the expected numbness left over - the bottom teeth on one

> side of my mouth feel loose and sore. I'm not sure if it's from the

> last round of bands before the braces came off or what. I am eating

> what I want again and I love my new look - but I am concerned about

> the continued soreness..

>

> Anyone else have this problem? I am 2 1/2 months post-op from

> upper/lower/genio.

[Guest guest]

I'm no pro... But methinks you can expect teeth to be settling in for

some time yet to come. Hey -- they've had a lot of major motion. Your

bones and teeth need time, as do the tissues around them, to get

themselves accustomed to their new positions.

Wear whatever retainers you have (if they're the kind that take your

compliance. If not, you have no choice!) and be grateful for what you

have, and I think things will take care of themselves, so long as you

keep everything clean and functioning.

Cammie

> hi!

> I got my braces off a week ago - and I am SOOOO excited to show

off

> my new face... but I have an issue.

>

> Besides the expected numbness left over - the bottom teeth on one

> side of my mouth feel loose and sore. I'm not sure if it's from the

> last round of bands before the braces came off or what. I am eating

> what I want again and I love my new look - but I am concerned about

> the continued soreness..

>

> Anyone else have this problem? I am 2 1/2 months post-op from

> upper/lower/genio.

[Guest guest]

WOW! Braces off at 2 1/2 months... that sounds awful early to me. Trust

your ortho I guess, but I only had upper and my ortho was afraid to

jump back into things at 2.5 months even though he was given permission

by my surgeon at 3 weeks. I don't even think I was allowed to chew

anything yet at 2.5 months! I am 8 months post-op and have been in

" holding " (as my ortho calls it) since Thanksgiving. I have at least

two months left " to be on the safe side. "

Congrats to you! I live three hours from my ortho so I wish I was done!