Seeing OD tomorrow. What to expect?

[Guest guest]

Hi All,

I'll be two weeks post-op tomorrow and will be seeing my orthodontist for the

first time.

I'm obviously not really able to open my mouth much so I'm wondering what

exactly he's

going to do. Just check me out? Take off the surgical hooks?

thanks,

Maddie

[Guest guest]

Hi All,

I'll be two weeks post-op tomorrow and will be seeing my orthodontist for the

first time.

I'm obviously not really able to open my mouth much so I'm wondering what

exactly he's

going to do. Just check me out? Take off the surgical hooks?

thanks,

Maddie

[Guest guest]

Hi Maddie,

It may be too late for this reply, but I'll reply anyway

I saw my orthodontist briefly one week post op (my OS and

orthodontist are in the same office building). I had upper jaw

surgery, where my upper jaw was segmented in 3 pieces. Which meant my

OS had to clip my wire where he was segmenting my jaw, which left

long pokey wires on either side of my front 4 teeth! Totally

annoying! So my orthodontist clipped them off and rounded them off so

I don't even notice them anymore. Other than that, he looked around a

little, very gently, to see what the OS had done. But mostly we just

talked. I won't see him again until I get the splint out in 4-6 more

weeks!

Oh, and the hooks I have are just part of the brackets I'll have the

entire time I'm in braces. I celebrated not having to get more hooks

for surgery, but that also means I don't get to lose them until I'm

done with the whole process either. My orthodontist did say last week

that I will have some bands the entire rest of the time I have

braces, and I would need the hooks for that too. Oh well!

>

> Hi All,

>

> I'll be two weeks post-op tomorrow and will be seeing my

orthodontist for the first time.

> I'm obviously not really able to open my mouth much so I'm

wondering what exactly he's

> going to do. Just check me out? Take off the surgical hooks?

>

> thanks,

>

> Maddie

[Guest guest]

Hi Maddie,

It may be too late for this reply, but I'll reply anyway

I saw my orthodontist briefly one week post op (my OS and

orthodontist are in the same office building). I had upper jaw

surgery, where my upper jaw was segmented in 3 pieces. Which meant my

OS had to clip my wire where he was segmenting my jaw, which left

long pokey wires on either side of my front 4 teeth! Totally

annoying! So my orthodontist clipped them off and rounded them off so

I don't even notice them anymore. Other than that, he looked around a

little, very gently, to see what the OS had done. But mostly we just

talked. I won't see him again until I get the splint out in 4-6 more

weeks!

Oh, and the hooks I have are just part of the brackets I'll have the

entire time I'm in braces. I celebrated not having to get more hooks

for surgery, but that also means I don't get to lose them until I'm

done with the whole process either. My orthodontist did say last week

that I will have some bands the entire rest of the time I have

braces, and I would need the hooks for that too. Oh well!

>

> Hi All,

>

> I'll be two weeks post-op tomorrow and will be seeing my

orthodontist for the first time.

> I'm obviously not really able to open my mouth much so I'm

wondering what exactly he's

> going to do. Just check me out? Take off the surgical hooks?

>

> thanks,

>

> Maddie

[Guest guest]

Thanks, ! I'm on West Coast time, so it's not too late. It's getting

easier to open my

mouth so I'm less worried today. I even had a bit of roast beef last night,

albeit tiny 1/8 "

pieces of mostly fat. But still!

> >

> > Hi All,

> >

> > I'll be two weeks post-op tomorrow and will be seeing my

> orthodontist for the first time.

> > I'm obviously not really able to open my mouth much so I'm

> wondering what exactly he's

> > going to do. Just check me out? Take off the surgical hooks?

> >

> > thanks,

> >

> > Maddie

[Guest guest]

Thanks, ! I'm on West Coast time, so it's not too late. It's getting

easier to open my

mouth so I'm less worried today. I even had a bit of roast beef last night,

albeit tiny 1/8 "

pieces of mostly fat. But still!

> >

> > Hi All,

> >

> > I'll be two weeks post-op tomorrow and will be seeing my

> orthodontist for the first time.

> > I'm obviously not really able to open my mouth much so I'm

> wondering what exactly he's

> > going to do. Just check me out? Take off the surgical hooks?

> >

> > thanks,

> >

> > Maddie