, on closing lips

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Sorry, there are 2 s on this board as I've recently found

out:-). I'm not the one with the tongue issue (although I have many

other issues...lol) I should clarify that I too can close my lips

with a concious effort now, and its getting easier, but I really

hoped it would fall into place by now. My upper lip covers about 1/3

of my upper front tooth length, and my lower lip comes up to about

1/3 of my upper front tooth, so I have a gap of approx. 1/3 of my

tooth at rest. I have alot of swelling in my right side and under

the surface of my nose (if that makes sense). I'm starting to think

though, that the septoplasty, which he used the incision from my jaw

surgery, made my swelling and lip position worse temporarily. I'm

only 18 days out from that as opposed to 29 days from the jaw surgery.

Hopefully it will all come together. I feel like I'm whining too

much about it, but I did the surgery so I could be able to close my

lips, and if it ends up that I can't, I'm going to be sooooo mad.

Hopefully it will all work out.

> > > This is a question really I guess for any one but perhaps post-

> > opers

> > > can answer it best.

> > >

> > > When you are in resting position, for example when you're

asleep

> or

> > > reading or watching television, how do you keep your

> > teeth/bite/mouth?

> > > Are your teeth clenched closed or are they slightly parted or

> just

> > > resting gently on top of each other? Do you always keep your

> lips

> > > closed?

> > >

> > > I ask probably because now that I am splintless and bandless I

> am

> > > getting a little paranoid that I am not keeping everything in

> the

> > right

> > > position. When I am resting I do keep my lips closed now

> (something

> > I

> > > could never do without straining before) but my bite is not

> > actually

> > > closed unless I consciously think about it and bite down, which

> is

> > a

> > > pain in the you know what if you ask me. So, is what I am doing

> ok

> > or

> > > should I be telling my OS and OD about this? I'm thinking that

> > maybe I

> > > still do need those bands.

> > >

> > > Sara