Re: Kate/Surgery update and hooks

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Hi Kate:

I had the same problem with my first 0S...He did not communicate with

the OD or me. He accepted my insurance which was why I went with him

in the first place. After 4 months of no communication I ended up

switching surgerons. There has to be an open line of communication

between the OS and OD for this surgery. It ended up that he wrote me

a letter stating that with my dental history he felt that the surgery

was to complex for him to handle. It would of been nice if he would

of said this in the first place instead of wasting 4 months of my

time. Anyway, I hope that the line of communication improves and you

don't go through what I did.

I can't help you as far as the hooks go because mine will be put on

May 12th. The OD told me that the are tiny little hooks attached to

the surgical wires and are used to hold the jaw in place after

surgery with bands or wires. Hopefully someone who has experience

with this can describe them in better detail.

Best of Luck,

> 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

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> 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!

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> 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!

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> 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!

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> 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!

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> Kate

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> Katrina M. Hissam

> OSU College of Veterinary Medicine

> Class of 2007

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> ~my karma ran over my dogma

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