Re: RPE appliance coming out... FINALY!!!

[Guest guest]

RD,

Congratulations on coming close to the end of your SARPE journey!

If all goes well with my insurance, I should be having the same thing

done this summer.

Do you have any pre-op or post-op tips or advice?

Kate

[Guest guest]

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Hi there RD

Ohh I am so excited for you, I have just had my RPE out today!

I only had mine in for a month (thank god) and have a 4mm gap and

2mm gap(it was cememented in with plastic surrounding all the upper

mouth, not seen that kind before) I can honestly say it feels

fantastic to be free of it. Free of blisters on the tounge and

more so, to be able to speak without slurring and spitting.

My teeth are quite sensitive and loose but you can notice where its

widened the top jaw slightly, really amazing, can't wait for surgery

to see more change!

Roll on the 10th March and i bet after you won't be able to stop

rubbing the roof of your mouth!!

In orthognathicsurgerysupport , arde_v@y... wrote:

>

> So I had the SARPE (surgically assisted rapid paletal expansion)

for

> those that aren't with the lingo, yet. I've mentioned before that

> the surgery is something I would do again in a heartbeat. The

pain

> was there, but not killer and the recovery was better than

expected,

> taking into account my jaw was broken. I only had/needed

expansion

> on the upper jaw to correct my cross bite, but also got some

forward

> movement which pushed my upper lip forward and correcting my class

> III maliclusion (where the upper lip seems to be further back than

> the bottom). In any case, I needed a lot of expansion so i pushed

> the appliance to its limit of 12 millimeters, or 1.2 centimeters!

> pretty crazy. I agreed with my ortho that to try to avoid as much

> the possbility of regression in the expansion, I would leave the

> appliance on for more time than called for. I am very happy and

> excited to say that the time is almost up. I began my relationship

> with the appliance on august 24th, three days before my surgery.

I

> will be ending that same relationship on March 10th, 6 1/2 months

> later. I dont really remember why I choked on the Appliance the

> first week i had it, cause now it seems so normal to have it on, I

> can hardly notice speech problems, or eating problems. It took a

> good month to get used to it, and though I am now used to it, I am

> very very excited to have it removed, and to feel the freedom in

my

> mouth again. Ahhh, the mere thought is relaxing. Good luck to

all

> those deciding whether or not to get braces and/or surgically

> assisted orthodontics.

>

> RD