Re: brace question - loose tooth to Cammie

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Karola,

I too am a teacher and am having such a hard time now that I'm back

at work with a wired shut jaw. I write a mile a minute and can't

even grunt at my students now that i have a sore throat on top of

everything. However, being sick is a problem with our trade (I teach

elementary and you know how germy kids are) I hope all planning goes

well for you.

Jane

>

> Hi Cammie,

> I began this process last summer when in my hometown an ortho took

> all the molds and x-rays and then again was subjected to the whole

> initial examinations when they began my treatment in the capital.

So

> I would think they should have noticed if something was not ok. In

> addition my dentist, whom I respect and who is very conscientious,

> had a look at x-rays and filled even the tiniest cavities. Besides

I

> have had all my teeth out before my bite began to open in my

> twenties.

> I live in Hungary. And you weren't so far off as Karoly is actually

> the male equivalent of Karola. I am treated in the capital,

> basically the only place where they do such things in Hungary

> (population 10 million)and so I presume this ortho has seen a lot.

> You're making me more anxious but I hope - although not know what

> food traps are - that there's no food trapped anywhere after all

the

> cleaning I do. I use a Braun Oral-B unit which has a waterpic and

> heads for braces and normal heads for the normal tooth surfaces.

And

> those tiny brushes too and last time I went I asked them to check

> how well I was doing at cleaning teeth and the assistant

> congratulated me on how clean my teeth were.

> But I don't fluss at all because it is so painful and my teeth are

> so incredibly tight. She said it was ok as the waterpic does the

job.

>

> I am sorry you have a hard time of rebuilding your house. For us it

> will be easier in that sense because we move in whenever it is

> ready. And it is quite an excitement. We are actually lucky because

> my husband came into a plot of land which would have been so

> expensive we couldn't have built a house had we had to buy land.

Not

> many young people in Hungary are this lucky. My dream was to raise

> my future kids in a house with a garden and not in a block of flats

> and now the house part is becoming true.

>

> I didn't say my treatment or ortho were barbaric, I meant forcing

to

> move bone and cutting someones face in half. I had a breakdown last

> night after reading an article someone here posted a link to. I

> really shouldn't read about how it is done - it freaks me out.

>

> My next appointment is in a week and I hope it won't get worse. But

> I try to keep teeth apart for most of the time. Sometimes however

my

> jaws decide to shut on their own accord. Especially when I talk a

> lot (being a teacher means a lot of that) my jaws just suddenly

shut

> and then bang ....

>

> I am glad for this board. People generally don't understand a thing

> and I stopped trying to explain them.

> Karola