Re: My teeth still don't touch!!! - to

[Guest guest]

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Even after my second surgery my teeth don't all meet perfectly. My

OS and OD both told me this was likely to be the case before surgery.

They had positioned my teeth into what they called a tripod effect.

They had planned for them to touch in the front, and back, with the

middle section not meeting. My OD told me that once I saw him after

surgery it would be a matter of weeks to do the vertical movement.

Dammit

> I'm now 9 days post op (upper and lower) and I'm removing the

rubber

> bands on my own now... The stitching is disolving away... and my

> teeth still aren't touching! I'm worried, concerned, and frightened

> that maybe my doctor didn't do what I asked him to do! I keep

trying

> to rationalize it- maybe I just can't feel my teeth in some places

> yet, but I know thats not it.

> Do othrodontics after surgery really do that much in terms of up

and

> down movement of teeth? They line up on top of eachother with a

> slight overbite, but they aren't meeting. Anyone else experience

this?

>

>

>

> P.S. Thanks for your responses to " Pinched Nerves " They aren't

> hurting any more, and my lips are moving a lot more.

[Guest guest]

I haven't had the chance to talk to my otho yet.. the appointment

isn't until August. I'm just in a big rush I guess to see results and

know its going to be the way I imagine it. I'm gonna try to chill out

and focus on healing up. One thing at a time. Thanks for writing

back.

-- In orthognathicsurgerysupport , dammitviejo

wrote:

> ,

>

> Even after my second surgery my teeth don't all meet perfectly. My

> OS and OD both told me this was likely to be the case before

surgery.

> They had positioned my teeth into what they called a tripod

effect.

> They had planned for them to touch in the front, and back, with the

> middle section not meeting. My OD told me that once I saw him

after

> surgery it would be a matter of weeks to do the vertical movement.

>

> Dammit

>

> > I'm now 9 days post op (upper and lower) and I'm removing the

> rubber

> > bands on my own now... The stitching is disolving away... and my

> > teeth still aren't touching! I'm worried, concerned, and

frightened

> > that maybe my doctor didn't do what I asked him to do! I keep

> trying

> > to rationalize it- maybe I just can't feel my teeth in some

places

> > yet, but I know thats not it.

> > Do othrodontics after surgery really do that much in terms of up

> and

> > down movement of teeth? They line up on top of eachother with a

> > slight overbite, but they aren't meeting. Anyone else experience

> this?

> >

> >

> >

> > P.S. Thanks for your responses to " Pinched Nerves " They aren't

> > hurting any more, and my lips are moving a lot more.

[Guest guest]

I'm 4 weeks post-op and my molars (6 and 7) don't yet touch. This

isn't a big surprise. I had lower jaw advancement (BSSO). Two

weeks post-op I visited my ortho for the first time, and he put me

in elastics " Ram " to bring the molars together as well as to keep

the lower jaw forward and centered. This concurs with what Dammit

was saying: the OS and ortho wanted to get me in elastics quickly

while the bones are still soft.

I am happy to report that the molars appear to be coming together.

I'm confident in a few weeks the molars will be touching.

Jay

> > I'm now 9 days post op (upper and lower) and I'm removing the

> rubber

> > bands on my own now... The stitching is disolving away... and my

> > teeth still aren't touching! I'm worried, concerned, and

frightened

> > that maybe my doctor didn't do what I asked him to do! I keep

> trying

> > to rationalize it- maybe I just can't feel my teeth in some

places

> > yet, but I know thats not it.

> > Do othrodontics after surgery really do that much in terms of up

> and

> > down movement of teeth? They line up on top of eachother with a

> > slight overbite, but they aren't meeting. Anyone else experience

> this?

> >

> >

> >

> > P.S. Thanks for your responses to " Pinched Nerves " They aren't

> > hurting any more, and my lips are moving a lot more.