Re: Pre-surgical springs??

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I had springs placed between my teeth to prepare for surgery. I had

a LeFort I with a three piece segmental and lower. My springs

segmented off my front four teeth from the rest. In my case they

lowered the front segment and shuffled the angle of the back so it

was necessary to not only move my maxilla down in front but also

change the angle of the back. In your case the springs probably

have to do with the SARPE, but I am not an expert and do not know

for sure. They put in the springs to make a space between the roots

so that when they cut your jaw they will not hit your roots and

damage your teeth in the process. Hope this helps!

>

> At my last appt with my ortho, he put 2 springs between my eye

teeth

> and the ones behind them. He mentioned something like " I think

> that's where they'll make the cuts " . The problem is, I barely

know

> *anything* about my surgery except that my upper jaw will be moved

> forward and my lower jaw moved back. Looking at some LeFort pics I

> didn't notice any that showed cuts being made in those places so

I'm

> at a loss. Is this normal? The assistant working on me (who put

the

> springs in) said she worked for another ortho before who never did

> this. I assume it's to make a space between my teeth for the cuts

to

> be made, but it seems like an odd spot.

>

> I was never told exactly what will be done during my surgery and I

> think I may be having SARPE as well. Anybody else have cuts made

in

> a similar place?

>

> Thanks for the help

>