Question regarding seeing orthodontist again post surgery

March 10, 2005

Hi all. I am 7 1/2 weeks post op (upper, lower, chin). I saw my

orthodontist again today for the first time since surgery. My

surgeon told me to go back to see her for her to finish up her

work. I am still swollen, stiff and in discomfort and can only open

like 2 fingers wide still. She tells me oh I talked to your surgeon

a few times and she tells me that they talked about how emotional

and upset I was before and after the surgery as if I wasn't supposed

to be or something. I'm thinking to myself yeah of course I was

upset geez. So she asks how much I can open and if I am still in

pain. I said can't open much and yes I hurt. She tries to look in

there using that mirror to go in by my cheeks so she can see. I am

jumpy b/c I am sore. She looks around and takes notes. She tells

me I need alot more work done (I was suprised b/c I thought I was

pretty good now). She tells me she will take notes today and that I

am probably not ready for her to start working on me and to come

back in a week or two but not much longer b/c she doesn't want

things moving. I ask her what does she need to do. She says she

needs to take out the surgical wire and replace it, take out the

coils on my top where she had them in to make space in between teeth

on both sides of my mouth, she needs to replace brackets (I guess

change the position of them as I didn't lose any), she said my

midlines are off, my back teeth aren't touching and now I have an

overbite. I said yeah I don't think I could handle that today,

don't know how she would get in there anyways. So I go to make an

appt with the rude receptionist and she tells me they are booked

until 3/29. I was thinking I would go like 3/22. So that is almost

3 weeks from today. So as I am leaving I'm thinking oh no am I

waiting to long to go, should I have somehow endured the pain and

let her work on me today. So now I am worrying. I called back her

office and got her answering machine so I left a message saying oh I

think I " ll be out of town on the 29th can I please get something

sooner. So waiting to hear back.

So my question is when did most of you start up your orthodontic

work again post surgery. On 3/29 I'll be 10 weeks post op. Just

curious, I don't want to mess anything up.

THanks.

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