Guest guest Posted April 30, 2005 Report Share Posted April 30, 2005 Regarding implants. I had two,one upper and one lower. Both are molars. My ortho wanted the implants in before my braces were put on. He needed them for anchors. I have temporary caps on them. I have had problems with the caps breaking and coming loose a few times. Nothing major, just inconvienent. The implants were not considered to be a problem for future surgery. I need lower advancement and a genio. There are 15 messages in this issue. Topics in this digest: 1. Coverage issues From: " Bill " 2. Re: Disheartened From: fiddlesticks220002 3. Re: Screws loose? From: " janepapillion " 4. Re: Does anybody have " Amelogenesis Imperfecta? From: " Sara " 5. Re: Screws loose? From: " janepapillion " 6. Re: Does anybody have " Amelogenesis Imperfecta? From: " orthog_rookie " 7. Re: age range for Orthognathic surgery From: " dmd13cyto " 8. Re: Going in for Consultation for Orthognathic Surgery From: fiddlesticks220002 9. Re: age range for Orthognathic surgery From: fiddlesticks220002 10. Re: Hello - I've just joined your group From: " dmd13cyto " 11. Re: hi everyone. (Derrick) From: " emily8171983 " 12. Re: A question for Diane, that you need to ask that oms before the implant From: " dmd13cyto " 13. Hello From: 14. Re: Hello From: " dmd13cyto " 15. Re: A liquid/soft diet for the lactose-intolerant From: str8teeth4me ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Message: 1 Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2005 20:40:40 -0000 From: " Bill " Subject: Coverage issues I had surgery a month ago and just assumed (based on their previous experience with my ins. co.) that the surgeon's fees would not be covered. About this time last month, someone posted that some states have laws that, (in essence) if you cover some bone surgeries, you must cover them all. In other words, you cannot specifically exclude certain bone surgeries. Does this person (or anyone else for that matter) have a list of states that have passed this law? Bill ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Message: 2 Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2005 21:22:32 -0000 From: fiddlesticks220002 Subject: Re: Disheartened Yup, as Cammie said, I also had good results and am still around to tell the tale. Patience is the one thing you need for this recovery as it's long and unpredictable. One of the commonest questions here is " when will the numbness go away? " . Nobody can give you a precise answer for that. My own surgeon said 5-7 years for full nerve recovery, which is probably the longest estimate I've ever heard here, but I believe it. That's not to frighten you at all, but to put things in proper perspective. I had lower wisdom teeth extracted about 8 or 9 years before my orthognathic surgery and found myself with a numb patch on my lower lip (one of the teeth was impacted and the surgeon had to dig into the bone to get it, disturbing the nerve). The recovery from that took a long time, but it's true that I found change after 5 or 6 years. It's quite subtle but it was change. So when I found myself with numbness post-op this time around, it was much easier to deal with. Major numbness usually goes away fairly quickly (and I had major numbness, numb from behind the eyeballs to below the chin). Then things start to slow down, and slow down, and slow down. Change was measured in days, then weeks, then months. You need to just sit back and let things happen on their own time. Put your focus elsewhere. 9 or 10 days post-op is relatively early on in the recovery process. Again, that's not meant to discourage you at all, just to help you to realize that you've got a ways to go and that you shouldn't expect too much yet. I hope that helps. > Like a finger space from the right of my nose I feel like a hard bone > like bump. On the other side I feel just smooth texture like normal. > They way I noticed was I felt a litle pain in the spot today so I > rubbed it. Now I am really worrying because I just don't fully > understand what they did to my upper jaw and why it wouldn't be the > same on both sides. Is it possible...that something is coming > loose??? I know that many have had screws come out and had to go > through surgery again but my lower jaw healed naturally no screws...I > don't know I am scared and once again am so appalled at my lack of > knowledge of what they did to me, totally my fault I know.. > > Jane > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 30, 2005 Report Share Posted April 30, 2005 what was the actual installation of the impants like.. any pain involved? Is it liek a filling or more on the level of jaw surgery with regards to inconvenience etc. Aileen wrote:Regarding implants. I had two,one upper and one lower. Both are molars. My ortho wanted the implants in before my braces were put on. He needed them for anchors. I have temporary caps on them. I have had problems with the caps breaking and coming loose a few times. Nothing major, just inconvienent. The implants were not considered to be a problem for future surgery. I need lower advancement and a genio. There are 15 messages in this issue. Topics in this digest: 1. Coverage issues From: " Bill " 2. Re: Disheartened From: fiddlesticks220002 3. Re: Screws loose? From: " janepapillion " 4. Re: Does anybody have " Amelogenesis Imperfecta? From: " Sara " 5. Re: Screws loose? From: " janepapillion " 6. Re: Does anybody have " Amelogenesis Imperfecta? From: " orthog_rookie " 7. Re: age range for Orthognathic surgery From: " dmd13cyto " 8. Re: Going in for Consultation for Orthognathic Surgery From: fiddlesticks220002 9. Re: age range for Orthognathic surgery From: fiddlesticks220002 10. Re: Hello - I've just joined your group From: " dmd13cyto " 11. Re: hi everyone. (Derrick) From: " emily8171983 " 12. Re: A question for Diane, that you need to ask that oms before the implant From: " dmd13cyto " 13. Hello From: 14. Re: Hello From: " dmd13cyto " 15. Re: A liquid/soft diet for the lactose-intolerant From: str8teeth4me ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Message: 1 Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2005 20:40:40 -0000 From: " Bill " Subject: Coverage issues I had surgery a month ago and just assumed (based on their previous experience with my ins. co.) that the surgeon's fees would not be covered. About this time last month, someone posted that some states have laws that, (in essence) if you cover some bone surgeries, you must cover them all. In other words, you cannot specifically exclude certain bone surgeries. Does this person (or anyone else for that matter) have a list of states that have passed this law? Bill ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Message: 2 Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2005 21:22:32 -0000 From: fiddlesticks220002 Subject: Re: Disheartened Yup, as Cammie said, I also had good results and am still around to tell the tale. Patience is the one thing you need for this recovery as it's long and unpredictable. One of the commonest questions here is " when will the numbness go away? " . Nobody can give you a precise answer for that. My own surgeon said 5-7 years for full nerve recovery, which is probably the longest estimate I've ever heard here, but I believe it. That's not to frighten you at all, but to put things in proper perspective. I had lower wisdom teeth extracted about 8 or 9 years before my orthognathic surgery and found myself with a numb patch on my lower lip (one of the teeth was impacted and the surgeon had to dig into the bone to get it, disturbing the nerve). The recovery from that took a long time, but it's true that I found change after 5 or 6 years. It's quite subtle but it was change. So when I found myself with numbness post-op this time around, it was much easier to deal with. Major numbness usually goes away fairly quickly (and I had major numbness, numb from behind the eyeballs to below the chin). Then things start to slow down, and slow down, and slow down. Change was measured in days, then weeks, then months. You need to just sit back and let things happen on their own time. Put your focus elsewhere. 9 or 10 days post-op is relatively early on in the recovery process. Again, that's not meant to discourage you at all, just to help you to realize that you've got a ways to go and that you shouldn't expect too much yet. I hope that helps. > Like a finger space from the right of my nose I feel like a hard bone > like bump. On the other side I feel just smooth texture like normal. > They way I noticed was I felt a litle pain in the spot today so I > rubbed it. Now I am really worrying because I just don't fully > understand what they did to my upper jaw and why it wouldn't be the > same on both sides. Is it possible...that something is coming > loose??? I know that many have had screws come out and had to go > through surgery again but my lower jaw healed naturally no screws...I > don't know I am scared and once again am so appalled at my lack of > knowledge of what they did to me, totally my fault I know.. > > Jane > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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