Guest guest Posted April 22, 2004 Report Share Posted April 22, 2004 hello, quote: " Im pretty sure that most lower jaw cases require wires, and some > upper. " Most??? not with my surgeon, anyhow. and I suspect, not with many others, although if that's what my surgeon said he needed to fix my mouth, I'd have agreed in a flash. I wanted him to have whatever tools he needed to fix my problems. Cammie > hey! > Im pretty sure that most lower jaw cases require wires, and some > upper. I had upper and was wired for about two weeks. The wires were > attached to my braces (hooked on to the brackets-not like headgear > or anything) and I couldnt open my mouth at all. The wires just keep > the jaws aligned until they heal, and I was told that they like to > do it just to be sure; its not necessarily required.The rubber bands > also just hook on to your brackets.Alot of people wear them normally > with their braces, you can open your mouth and everything but take > them out to eat.After the wires came off, I had stronger rubber > bands that i wore at night that did hold my mouth completely shut. > Now Im back to the regular stretchy ones.Anyways, the wires arent > horrible, but not too much fun either. I think your os will > recommend them though, just to be sure...you dont wanna have > problems later > liz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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