Guest guest Posted March 25, 2005 Report Share Posted March 25, 2005 Hey Katja, I also had lip incompetence in the beginning - swelling being the reason. It did go away, so I hope yours is also caused by swelling. I saw the ortho yesterday - not my treating ortho, but his partner. 3 of my brackets unglued, and top archwire broke, and I wanted to get it taken care of. I got complements on how much better I look from the techs in the office. However, the doc was skeptical that the crossbite can be fixed. He's not my treating doc though, and is not familiar at all with my case. I got concerned and ran across the street to the surgeon's office. He examined me and said that it should get better with ortho treatment. He's meeting with my ortho on Monday to discuss my case. Whatever they come up with, it better include taking care of this problem. But he made me feel better. I hope to get all the answers next week when I see the ortho. I'm staying optimistic. Irene. > > Hi Irene, > Sounds like you've had a lot of improvement, and the rest can > hopefully easily enough be fixed with ortho. That is wonderful!! > My face was so assymetrical that I figure anything is an > improvement. As far as if I am happy with my results yet... the > jury is still out. I still have the splint in so I can't tell at all > how my bite is yet. There is residual swelling in one of my joints, > so that also makes the bite hard to see because it temporarily > affects the position of my lower jaw in relation to the upper. I have > a little lip incompetence now that I am trying not to worry about, > but honestly am really worried. I didn't have any before and had the > opposite- almost duck lips. So right now I am worried about my mouth > and how my lips will come together and how the soft tissue in that > area will look. Right now, I can't tell if they aren't meeting due > to swelling or what? I plan to ask at my appt. next week. It is > probably due to the swelling but it is hard to not worry!! So far > everything does seem improved. Once I know better, I'll let you know. > AND you have to let me know what your ortho says about correcting > everything!! Ok? Deal?! Katja > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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