Re: Orthodontics immedietly before surgery

November 27, 2004

I had lower.

For me, they put in the heaviest, stiffest archwires, and made sure

they were all tied with wire ligatures.

It didn't happen on purpose, but one of my brackets became detached

somewhere along the way. I didn't know it until they took my splint

out, 7 weeks post-op.

My surgeon wired in the splint -- into my upper brace. When I

developed some pain in the jaw, he also added some big old twisty

wires upstairs, to hold elastics, which eliminated the pain within

15 minutes -- amazing!

C.

>

> Hi guys,

>

> What does the orthadontist change with your braces just before

> surgery? Do the wires come off or some brackets? What does the

> surgeon add afterwards or befor...Basically what

> happens...Especially for lower surgery.

>

> Cheers

>

November 27, 2004

I had lower.

For me, they put in the heaviest, stiffest archwires, and made sure

they were all tied with wire ligatures.

It didn't happen on purpose, but one of my brackets became detached

somewhere along the way. I didn't know it until they took my splint

out, 7 weeks post-op.

My surgeon wired in the splint -- into my upper brace. When I

developed some pain in the jaw, he also added some big old twisty

wires upstairs, to hold elastics, which eliminated the pain within

15 minutes -- amazing!

C.

>

> Hi guys,

>

> What does the orthadontist change with your braces just before

> surgery? Do the wires come off or some brackets? What does the

> surgeon add afterwards or befor...Basically what

> happens...Especially for lower surgery.

>

> Cheers

>

November 27, 2004

Cheers c

It makes sense to use the biggest archwire. Did you have a

progesssion of larger archwires or was it a large jump?

I have wire tied on upper and lower, Im not sure but I have had it

for ages so maybe thats just orthodontics for me, but then again

maybe not...

> >

> > Hi guys,

> >

> > What does the orthadontist change with your braces just before

> > surgery? Do the wires come off or some brackets? What does the

> > surgeon add afterwards or befor...Basically what

> > happens...Especially for lower surgery.

> >

> > Cheers

> >

November 27, 2004

Cheers c

It makes sense to use the biggest archwire. Did you have a

progesssion of larger archwires or was it a large jump?

I have wire tied on upper and lower, Im not sure but I have had it

for ages so maybe thats just orthodontics for me, but then again

maybe not...

> >

> > Hi guys,

> >

> > What does the orthadontist change with your braces just before

> > surgery? Do the wires come off or some brackets? What does the

> > surgeon add afterwards or befor...Basically what

> > happens...Especially for lower surgery.

> >

> > Cheers

> >

November 28, 2004

I think they went from weak little wimpy wires -- which didn't feel

weak or wimpy at the time -- to the stiffer, bigger, tougher ones,

as I progressed through treatment.

I had elastic ligatures for the first month of my 20-month

treatment, then had wire for the rest of the time, best I remember.

It didn't matter to me, at least as long as the tech was good about

tucking the ends under the archwires.

I was also weird in that I preferred having the power chains,

because they cushioned the brackets. I think most folks find them

painful, but I did not. Or at least I was happy to accept the pain,

in exchange for not being scraped inside my mouth.

C.

>

> Cheers c

>

> It makes sense to use the biggest archwire. Did you have a

> progesssion of larger archwires or was it a large jump?

> I have wire tied on upper and lower, Im not sure but I have had it

> for ages so maybe thats just orthodontics for me, but then again

> maybe not...

>

November 28, 2004

I think they went from weak little wimpy wires -- which didn't feel

weak or wimpy at the time -- to the stiffer, bigger, tougher ones,

as I progressed through treatment.

I had elastic ligatures for the first month of my 20-month

treatment, then had wire for the rest of the time, best I remember.

It didn't matter to me, at least as long as the tech was good about

tucking the ends under the archwires.

I was also weird in that I preferred having the power chains,

because they cushioned the brackets. I think most folks find them

painful, but I did not. Or at least I was happy to accept the pain,

in exchange for not being scraped inside my mouth.

C.

>

> Cheers c

>

> It makes sense to use the biggest archwire. Did you have a

> progesssion of larger archwires or was it a large jump?

> I have wire tied on upper and lower, Im not sure but I have had it

> for ages so maybe thats just orthodontics for me, but then again

> maybe not...

>

November 28, 2004

Hey ,

I had a LeForte and BSSO. For me, the orthodontist took out my old

wires and put in special ones with these little hooks so that rubber

bands could hold my lower and uppder jaw together. I think he forgot

to do it because I was already passed out on the operating room table

when they replaced the wires. It wasn't stiffer, it just had weird hooks.

I got my splint taken out this past Monday, which was week 6.5, and I

gotta tell you, the splint didn't smell good. It was attached to my

pallet(sp?) and smelled like everything I ate(drank) for the whole

ordeal. Hope that helps!

Donnie

>

> Hi guys,

>

> What does the orthadontist change with your braces just before

> surgery? Do the wires come off or some brackets? What does the

> surgeon add afterwards or befor...Basically what

> happens...Especially for lower surgery.

>

> Cheers

>

November 28, 2004