Guest guest Posted May 4, 2004 Report Share Posted May 4, 2004 Can anyone identify with this? My surgeon is going to remove my splint this Thursday, 3 weeks post surgery. I will be delighted as, despite not being able to talk clearly and making me salivate copiously, it continuously chomps down on my gums on one side and consequently I think it is perpetuating the inflammation. My ortho has asked me to put bands on afterwards to wear 12 hours a day but said he would be quite happy to delay that for another four weeks if the surgeon is happy. Did anyone else not have banding of any sort for some weeks after surgery (this was upper, lower, palatal split)? It worries me a bit that I'm just hanging loose all this time with no support! Thanks Sue (UK) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 4, 2004 Report Share Posted May 4, 2004 I went home from the hospital without bands or wires. I had none until I developed some minor pain in the jaw, at which time my surgeon twisted on some monster hooks and applied two bands. The pain went away in 15 minutes. I stayed that way until I went back to my ortho at week 7, when the splint came out. My surgeon said the ortho would change the wires... He did. He cut them into segments, removed some parts, and banded me directly to the brackets, which I loathed, but did. I had elastics, one way or another, until my braces were removed two months later. Have you told the surgeon what the ortho said? I would, and then I'd ask the two of them to agree on what should be done, and then I'd try my best to do it. Cammie The > Can anyone identify with this? > > My surgeon is going to remove my splint this Thursday, 3 weeks post > surgery. I will be delighted as, despite not being able to talk > clearly and making me salivate copiously, it continuously chomps > down on my gums on one side and consequently I think it is > perpetuating the inflammation. > > My ortho has asked me to put bands on afterwards to wear 12 hours a > day but said he would be quite happy to delay that for another four > weeks if the surgeon is happy. > > Did anyone else not have banding of any sort for some weeks after > surgery (this was upper, lower, palatal split)? It worries me a bit > that I'm just hanging loose all this time with no support! > > Thanks > > Sue (UK) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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