Guest guest Posted April 23, 2005 Report Share Posted April 23, 2005 Don't be sorry. You're only telling what happened to you. That's important for folks going in, to know. I am the one who's sorry, that you had such pain. I didn't have hooks, and consider myself fortunate. Some folks have them throughout ortho treatment; others get them a day or two before; others get them a month, or a week before. I don't understand the differences. But it's good to know what can happen. Hope you're feeling better now! Mainly! C. > > Hate to burst all your bubbles. But some people suffer a lot from > those hooks, for banding, after surgery. I know, I'm one. They hurt > the inside of my mouth so bad I insisted, 3 1/2 weeks post op, that > the hooks and bands be removed. Not everyone is lucky with those > things. If you can ask your doctor to crimp the unused hooks then > maybe that would help the scraping of the inside of your lips and checks. > > It can go either way with those things. Mine were miserable. > > Sorry all. > > Dave L. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 23, 2005 Report Share Posted April 23, 2005 Dave, did you have the hooks on in addition to the braces or just the hooks? I seem to remember you mentioning that you only had the hooks but i might be completely wrong. I ask because I was thinking that perhaps the hooks might have been killing you so much because your mouth was not used to having metal sticking into it. I know that the first 3 months i had braces on the inside of my mouth was constantly swollen and bleeding. Now it's developed a certain scar tissue barrier and i am hoping that will protect me somewhat from the hooks, but like i said, i may be totally wrong. And thanks for being so upfront and honest. I prefer to expect the worse than expect no pain and suddenly be shocked that it hurts. Sara > > Hate to burst all your bubbles. But some people suffer a lot from > those hooks, for banding, after surgery. I know, I'm one. They hurt > the inside of my mouth so bad I insisted, 3 1/2 weeks post op, that > the hooks and bands be removed. Not everyone is lucky with those > things. If you can ask your doctor to crimp the unused hooks then > maybe that would help the scraping of the inside of your lips and checks. > > It can go either way with those things. Mine were miserable. > > Sorry all. > > Dave L. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 23, 2005 Report Share Posted April 23, 2005 I only had the hooks. I never had braces. Your probably correct about those with braces having an easier time. Dave L. > > Dave, > did you have the hooks on in addition to the braces or just the hooks? > I seem to remember you mentioning that you only had the hooks but i > might be completely wrong. I ask because I was thinking that perhaps > the hooks might have been killing you so much because your mouth was > not used to having metal sticking into it. I know that the first 3 > months i had braces on the inside of my mouth was constantly swollen > and bleeding. Now it's developed a certain scar tissue barrier and i > am > hoping that will protect me somewhat from the hooks, but like i said, > i > may be totally wrong. And thanks for being so upfront and honest. I > prefer to expect the worse than expect no pain and suddenly be shocked > that it hurts. > Sara Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 23, 2005 Report Share Posted April 23, 2005 My hooks were used for positioning of elastics post-op, to keep my jaws positioned correctly in relation to each other (and to keep me from moving them around very much). I was too busy sleeping during the surgery to ask what my surgeon used them for. They were not soldered in place, though, they were slid along my archwire (in between brackets) by my ortho, and crimped into place. My surgeon also added some nasty twisted wire hooks during the surgery for more accurate positioning - nasty because they did irritate the inside of my mouth and lips. > > What are the purpose of the hooks? Do they use them when wiring your > mouth shut? Just curious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 27, 2005 Report Share Posted April 27, 2005 I would also be interested in the hooks. My OD said i am nearly ready for surgery, well my bottom teeth are and it depends if my top teeth are where they want them in 7 wks time. I have noticed some hook/catches like things that are attached to my brace covering the last 3 teeth from the back on my lower teeth on each side. I think although can't get a good enough look that these may also be on the top teeth too. I have two tiny 2mm ones with a ball on top on only two of my top teeth, either side of my buck teeth. Does this sound like i have my surgical hooks?!! B x -- In orthognathicsurgerysupport , Kate Hissam <khissam@y...> wrote: > > 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 > __________________________________________________ > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 27, 2005 Report Share Posted April 27, 2005 I swear I saw in one of the photo albums a photo of someone with hooks on but now I can't remember where. I'll sift through the photos more later on this week and see if I can dig something up for all of us pre-oppers to ooogle at. Sara > > > > 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 > > __________________________________________________ > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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