Anyone undergo Upper Jaw Expansion??

[Guest guest]

Hi,

I'm in the beginning planning stages of my treatment plan for my jaw

correction. I was wondering if anyone has any detailed information

they could pass along on what is involved with the expansion surgery

of the upper jaw. My oral surgeon feels that my upper jaw is too

narrow and needs to be widened. The surgery is scheduled for this

summer, however, I have not been able to find much information on the

internet about it.

My surgery will be conducted in a hospital under general anaesthesia

and I will also have my wisom teeth removed. Is the expansion surgery

usually done in a hospital? Also, is there a lot of preparation time

prior to surgery, and how long is the recovery period?

Thanks for any advice you can give me. I'm the first in my family to

have this done and the process is somewhat overwhelming for me.

[Guest guest]

Hi

My SARPE surgery is tomorrow morning. Here is what I have so far.

First you need braces and little toture device called rapid palatal

expander. You can see more information here

http://www.drmcfarlane.com/patient_zone/expander.shtml.

The palatal expander is attached to you teeth and it is used to

expand you upper jaw. I got mine yesterday. I can talk

near " normally " but eating is no fun. Basically you need to wash your

mouth and brush your teeth each time you eat. The food get stuck

between the expander and roof of your mouth. Also you will eat mostly

soft food. You can chew with you molars but it is somewhat

challenging. That is all for know so good luck.

Emir

>

> Hi,

>

> I'm in the beginning planning stages of my treatment plan for my

jaw

> correction. I was wondering if anyone has any detailed information

> they could pass along on what is involved with the expansion

surgery

> of the upper jaw. My oral surgeon feels that my upper jaw is too

> narrow and needs to be widened. The surgery is scheduled for this

> summer, however, I have not been able to find much information on

the

> internet about it.

>

> My surgery will be conducted in a hospital under general

anaesthesia

> and I will also have my wisom teeth removed. Is the expansion

surgery

> usually done in a hospital? Also, is there a lot of preparation

time

> prior to surgery, and how long is the recovery period?

>

> Thanks for any advice you can give me. I'm the first in my family

to

> have this done and the process is somewhat overwhelming for me.

[Guest guest]

Thanks for your reply. Was your palatal expander done in a hospital?

The websites online show orthodontists as performing the procedure,

but my oral surgeon plans to conduct it, mabey because he will be

removing my wisdom teeth at the same time?

So there was not too much preparation prior to having the procedure

done?

Good luck with the rest of your surgery.

Kate

> >

> > Hi,

> >

> > I'm in the beginning planning stages of my treatment plan for my

> jaw

> > correction. I was wondering if anyone has any detailed

information

> > they could pass along on what is involved with the expansion

> surgery

> > of the upper jaw. My oral surgeon feels that my upper jaw is too

> > narrow and needs to be widened. The surgery is scheduled for this

> > summer, however, I have not been able to find much information on

> the

> > internet about it.

> >

> > My surgery will be conducted in a hospital under general

> anaesthesia

> > and I will also have my wisom teeth removed. Is the expansion

> surgery

> > usually done in a hospital? Also, is there a lot of preparation

> time

> > prior to surgery, and how long is the recovery period?

> >

> > Thanks for any advice you can give me. I'm the first in my family

> to

> > have this done and the process is somewhat overwhelming for me.

[Guest guest]

My palatal expander was put by orthodontist. I guess in your case

your OS may put it in. No there was no much preparation at all. We

need to remeber that for us this is a major thing. I mean somebody

will be cutting our mouth in pieces. For Oral Surgeon who performs a

couple of hundreds of these a year this is probably an ordinary

procedure.

Emir

> > >

> > > Hi,

> > >

> > > I'm in the beginning planning stages of my treatment plan for

my

> > jaw

> > > correction. I was wondering if anyone has any detailed

> information

> > > they could pass along on what is involved with the expansion

> > surgery

> > > of the upper jaw. My oral surgeon feels that my upper jaw is

too

> > > narrow and needs to be widened. The surgery is scheduled for

this

> > > summer, however, I have not been able to find much information

on

> > the

> > > internet about it.

> > >

> > > My surgery will be conducted in a hospital under general

> > anaesthesia

> > > and I will also have my wisom teeth removed. Is the expansion

> > surgery

> > > usually done in a hospital? Also, is there a lot of preparation

> > time

> > > prior to surgery, and how long is the recovery period?

> > >

> > > Thanks for any advice you can give me. I'm the first in my

family

> > to

> > > have this done and the process is somewhat overwhelming for me.