My OD Work-up

[Guest guest]

Hello there, folks - Today was my OD work-up; I had my cephalometric

xray, pictures, and molds taken. What fun! I gagged on the upper

impression mold and thought I was going to choke to death, but my

OD's assistants got me thru it. I then made an appointment for a

consultation with my OD to discuss his treatment plan - that isn't

for three weeks (June 21)!// I also made an appointment with my

dentist for next Monday to get a check-up and cleaning; if I have a

cavity, it can be filled prior to braces.// And, while I was at it, I

made an appointment with my OMS for my Orthognathic Surgery consult,

but the earliest opening he had was for July 18th; his receptionist

put me on her " cancellation list " and would call me if there is a

cancellation between June 21st and July 18th. This is the first of

two consults - the other one will be approximately two weeks after

the first and he will discuss his surgery plans for my underbite at

that time. The first one will take one hour and will cost $166 - does

this sound about right? I'm supposed to bring ALL the records from

the OD, including the previous records from 1997 that they still had

in storage from the last time I was worked up for all this.(That OD

has since retired - he was a real sweetie.) So, for both the OD and

OMS appointments I will be bringing all my questions. I sure hope the

OMS has a cancellation - I was hoping to be in braces by mid-July.//

Well, that's it for now. -------// Diane

[Guest guest]

I, too, was impatient to get started, and had to wait a bit over a

month to see the surgeon.

Tell your ortho what you want, and it may be possible to go ahead

with the braces. My guy knew that whether or not I decided for

surgery, there were some preliminaries I needed, and he agreed to go

ahead and start with some of those -- things like leveling and

aligning my teeth. Then after I saw the surgeon, one month into the

braces, I decided to go for the surgery.

Cammie

> Hello there, folks - Today was my OD work-up; I had my

cephalometric

> xray, pictures, and molds taken. What fun! I gagged on the upper

> impression mold and thought I was going to choke to death, but my

> OD's assistants got me thru it. I then made an appointment for a

> consultation with my OD to discuss his treatment plan - that isn't

> for three weeks (June 21)!// I also made an appointment with my

> dentist for next Monday to get a check-up and cleaning; if I have a

> cavity, it can be filled prior to braces.// And, while I was at it,

I

> made an appointment with my OMS for my Orthognathic Surgery

consult,

> but the earliest opening he had was for July 18th; his receptionist

> put me on her " cancellation list " and would call me if there is a

> cancellation between June 21st and July 18th. This is the first of

> two consults - the other one will be approximately two weeks after

> the first and he will discuss his surgery plans for my underbite at

> that time. The first one will take one hour and will cost $166 -

does

> this sound about right? I'm supposed to bring ALL the records from

> the OD, including the previous records from 1997 that they still

had

> in storage from the last time I was worked up for all this.(That OD

> has since retired - he was a real sweetie.) So, for both the OD and

> OMS appointments I will be bringing all my questions. I sure hope

the

> OMS has a cancellation - I was hoping to be in braces by mid-

July.//

> Well, that's it for now. -------// Diane

[Guest guest]

Hi Diane, Sounds like your getting started on the road. Costs sound

about right to me. Of course costs vary in different locations. My

surgery has been moved to June 23 (from 17th) as the assistant

surgeon has to go to his grandchild's graduation. (That's where

we're at now - in Oregon for our grandson's graduation). From here

we're heading to BC to visit my grandmother's brother (he's 95) &

wife. Then home on the 9th. I'm just hoping I don't pick up some

bug with all this traveling. I had to have new molds for surgery

taken on Tuesday before we left Texas. My teeth have moved since

the molds were taken in November for Dec (which was cancelled)

surgery. The new models, etc are costing another $2000.

Unfortunately my oral surgeon is not a participating provider in my

BCBS insurance, so I have to pay a good share of the cost. At this

point I just want to get it over with!!

I know how that gagging goes when they take the molds. I had a

really bad time when I had braces as a teenager. I have a super gag

reflex and thought it would be a problem this time, but luckily it

wasn't too bad. Only problem they had was when they got a smaller

metal tray and when they went to lift it out. The mold material

stuck on my teeth not in the tray. So they had to suction and dig

it out. They had to repeat the lower mold. If the nurse hadn't

gave me a wet towel & a mirror to clean my face I probably would

have walked out with white & pink gunk all over my face.

My OS was telling me that I move my lower jaw forward to compensate

as it's not in place where it should be on ceph on left side.

Keep us informed on your progress and I'll do the same.

Shirley