Re: Teeth cleaning pre-op

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thanks to all for your input!! given your answers i'm definitely

going to get my teeth cleaned pre-op no matter what my ortho says.

One can never have teeth that are too clean as far as I'm concerned.

It's just dawning on me that I won't be able to open my mouth wide

for a long time to come. There are so many things about this surgery

that I didn't take into account when i decided to plunge into it. Oh

well, too late now to pull back, especially after my straight teeth

got moved around to align them properly, i looked like an 8 year old

now. Less than 2 months to go until D-Day.

Sara

> >

> > Hi All

> >

> > I was wondering if any one recommended getting their teeth

> > professionally cleaned at the dentists pre-operation? Hearing

about

> how

> > it's so important to keep ur mouth clean after the operation but

also

> > how difficult it is made me wonder if maybe I should go get them

> > cleaned just before. I had my last cleaning in Feb and am due for

> > surgery end of May so my ortho told me that I didn't need to have

> > another cleaning but I wondered if any one had some thoughts on

this.

> I

> > know that in the grand scheme of things, teeth cleaning is really

the

> > last thing to worry about but since I will have four teeth

removed

> > during surgery I'm a little worried about post-op hygiene.

> >

> > Thanks!

> > SARA