Guest guest Posted September 14, 2004 Report Share Posted September 14, 2004 My second option before surgery would be sedation and having my jaw stretched. I sounds really painful, but it can't be worse that what I've been experiencing the last month. Thanks for the info. Marsha > I'm so glad to hear that the therabite is working for you. I think > it's so nice compared to the popsicle stick method. Anyway, what I > wanted to say was you should be so thankful for your doctor. I had > my cartiledge slip out on my left side years ago (I used to get open > locked jaw & during a dental procedure it locked open but the stupid > dentist didn't realize it & forced my mouth closed pushing the > cartiledge out). I wasn't offered a way to put it back I was just > given time & when that didn't help another doctor sedated me & > manually stretched my jaw which I recommend to no one. It worked > but with horrible pain for days. Another girl who had her surgery > not long after mine had her's slip out during surgery- her name was > Cindy. She went by nice-to-smile. She lives in Florida & probably > has her hands full now but I will try to send an email soon & see > how everything turned out for her. She wanted it just put back in > place but at the time if I recall they didn't give her an option of > that. > Take care & post an update. > Georgia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 14, 2004 Report Share Posted September 14, 2004 My second option before surgery would be sedation and having my jaw stretched. I sounds really painful, but it can't be worse that what I've been experiencing the last month. Thanks for the info. Marsha > I'm so glad to hear that the therabite is working for you. I think > it's so nice compared to the popsicle stick method. Anyway, what I > wanted to say was you should be so thankful for your doctor. I had > my cartiledge slip out on my left side years ago (I used to get open > locked jaw & during a dental procedure it locked open but the stupid > dentist didn't realize it & forced my mouth closed pushing the > cartiledge out). I wasn't offered a way to put it back I was just > given time & when that didn't help another doctor sedated me & > manually stretched my jaw which I recommend to no one. It worked > but with horrible pain for days. Another girl who had her surgery > not long after mine had her's slip out during surgery- her name was > Cindy. She went by nice-to-smile. She lives in Florida & probably > has her hands full now but I will try to send an email soon & see > how everything turned out for her. She wanted it just put back in > place but at the time if I recall they didn't give her an option of > that. > Take care & post an update. > Georgia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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