Re: Surgery update and hooks

[Guest guest]

Hi Kate,

The hooks are usually soldered onto your wires about 2 weeks pre-op.

They're pretty small, and not really noticeable by other people. I

thought that they would be bad, but they're fine. To describe them,

they are like 2mm bits of wire, with a small round ball to prevent

them scratching your mouth. When you first get them in, it will feel

as though you have food stuck in your teeth, but you get used to it.

Tak

>

> Hi all! I've been trying Trying TRYING to keep up with the e-

mails - which I get in digest - but this group is SO active!!!

That's awesome, but now I'm behind... behind in school, because I

couldn't stop reading my e-mails, behind in e-mails, because I

realized I needed to get my butt in gear at school.... LOL

>

> Anywho, today I received my copy of the pre-auth request my OS sent

in to insurance. *GASP* I am to have a Leforte 2-piece, on an

OUTPATIENT basis. Is this normal? Is this right? Not only that, he

informed them that my recovery period would be one week. Um, somehow

I'm not so comfortable with that. Now, mind you, I have seen him for

a total of ONCE, for maybe 15 minutes. All his records came straight

from my OD's office so I wouldn't have to waste time or money getting

them done again. God love my OD, he went ahead with braces the

following week on good faith of my report back to him, because as of

yesterday - one MONTH later - he still has not heard hide nor hair

from my OS. I go back to my OD Monday for my first adjustment and

rubber bands, and my teeth STILL hurt from day 1. I can't believe

how much things have moved already, though! My front teeth have been

loose and very sore since last weekend, when my dog bashed me in the

face with his big head! I can't go back to

> school and do clinical rotations one week after surgery... if it's

not another dog's head, it could be a horse's or a cow's!

>

> So, another question - everyone here is mentioning hooks. Can you

describe them to me, or better yet, post a picture of said surgery

hooks? The reason I ask is I have hooks on pretty much ALL of my

brackets except incisors, and those have funky things on the inside.

I don't know if my OD went ahead and put hooks on already, or if

those are just " little " ones for the rubber bands. I have already

managed to impale myself numerous times on these little guys - heaven

help me if I have to get anything larger!

>

> I'm really stressing out over the lack of communication /

information my OS has provided. He wasn't the first choice of my OD,

but he's the only one that has experience with and can accept my

student health insurance, so changing OS's isn't really an option. I

already have a laundry list of questions for the next time I see him,

which he said isn't until my teeth are all completely straight!

>

> ok, enough babbling for now... I need to study, then hopefully I

can get to the next chapter of my " E-Book " - the one where Jane gets

her splint off! I hope everything is going well!

>

> Kate

>

>

> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

> Katrina M. Hissam

> OSU College of Veterinary Medicine

> Class of 2007

>

> ~my karma ran over my dogma

> __________________________________________________

>

[Guest guest]

What are the purpose of the hooks? Do they use them when wiring your

mouth shut? Just curious.

Only in braces 6 weeks and sick of them already!!

> >

> > Hi all! I've been trying Trying TRYING to keep up with the e-

> mails - which I get in digest - but this group is SO active!!!

> That's awesome, but now I'm behind... behind in school, because I

> couldn't stop reading my e-mails, behind in e-mails, because I

> realized I needed to get my butt in gear at school.... LOL

> >

> > Anywho, today I received my copy of the pre-auth request my OS

sent

> in to insurance. *GASP* I am to have a Leforte 2-piece, on an

> OUTPATIENT basis. Is this normal? Is this right? Not only that,

he

> informed them that my recovery period would be one week. Um,

somehow

> I'm not so comfortable with that. Now, mind you, I have seen him

for

> a total of ONCE, for maybe 15 minutes. All his records came

straight

> from my OD's office so I wouldn't have to waste time or money

getting

> them done again. God love my OD, he went ahead with braces the

> following week on good faith of my report back to him, because as

of

> yesterday - one MONTH later - he still has not heard hide nor hair

> from my OS. I go back to my OD Monday for my first adjustment and

> rubber bands, and my teeth STILL hurt from day 1. I can't believe

> how much things have moved already, though! My front teeth have

been

> loose and very sore since last weekend, when my dog bashed me in

the

> face with his big head! I can't go back to

> > school and do clinical rotations one week after surgery... if

it's

> not another dog's head, it could be a horse's or a cow's!

> >

> > So, another question - everyone here is mentioning hooks. Can

you

> describe them to me, or better yet, post a picture of said surgery

> hooks? The reason I ask is I have hooks on pretty much ALL of my

> brackets except incisors, and those have funky things on the

inside.

> I don't know if my OD went ahead and put hooks on already, or if

> those are just " little " ones for the rubber bands. I have already

> managed to impale myself numerous times on these little guys -

heaven

> help me if I have to get anything larger!

> >

> > I'm really stressing out over the lack of communication /

> information my OS has provided. He wasn't the first choice of my

OD,

> but he's the only one that has experience with and can accept my

> student health insurance, so changing OS's isn't really an

option. I

> already have a laundry list of questions for the next time I see

him,

> which he said isn't until my teeth are all completely straight!

> >

> > ok, enough babbling for now... I need to study, then hopefully

I

> can get to the next chapter of my " E-Book " - the one where Jane

gets

> her splint off! I hope everything is going well!

> >

> > Kate

> >

> >

> >

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

> > Katrina M. Hissam

> > OSU College of Veterinary Medicine

> > Class of 2007

> >

> > ~my karma ran over my dogma

> > __________________________________________________

> >