First real ortho appt after surgery

[Guest guest]

Hi everyone,

I just thought I'd share my experience with my first " adjustment "

after surgery. Lucky me, being not splinted means I got to visit the

ortho sooner than most. My ortho wanted to take the surgical hooks

off of me and get me into more comfortable wires. (how sweet of

him...) I also noticed a few loose brackets from surgery. Well,

they took the wire ties off and then the wires, and I had 6 BRACKETS

that had come loose...all on the top!!!! So that left me with 2

little brackets. The assistant asked if I wanted to brush my teeth,

and I said an emphatic YES! So I went over to the mirror and there I

was, virtually braceless! It felt soooo good to be able to brush my

teeth all over and floss without having to worry about the

brackets. (and I looked in the mirror and thought, " My teeth look so

cute without the braces! " ..) Well, that didn't last but 5 minutes,

because back in the chair I went to be re-bracketed:-(.

The re-bracketing was not so fun, it was hard to open enough for him

to get everything in line. Thank goodness for me, 1/2 of my lips are

still numb, so one side wasn't too bad. Then they put a 19x25 wire

in the bottom because I didn't get anything done to it, but a measly

little 0.20 wire in the top. It hurt a little getting the o-rings

back on the top, especially since I have the ceramics, but not much

more than a typical adjustment.

I asked my ortho what he thought about my lips closing, and he didn't

seem too convinced that they will (or maybe thats how I took it). He

said that there will be a huge improvement, but that since I'm not

used to closing my lips, it's going to take some work on my part. I

don't want to work, I just want them to close darn it!!!! No-one

else has to " work " at keeping their lips closed....ugh! Wasn't that

the whole point of the surgery??? I'm still going to be optimistic

though, and keep moving my upper lip to regain feeling and motion.

Anyways, I don't have to see him for 4 more weeks, then the real fun

begins...woohoo. At least by that time I should be cleared to eat (7

weeks), so maybe I won't be so crabby:-).

[Guest guest]

Hi Michele,

So many brackets becoming loose! Thankfully nothing fell off

during surgery!! It must have been sooo nice brushing and flossing

with no hinderances.

At least another hurdle over!!!

Cathy

> Hi everyone,

>

> I just thought I'd share my experience with my first " adjustment "

> after surgery. Lucky me, being not splinted means I got to visit

the

> ortho sooner than most. My ortho wanted to take the surgical

hooks

> off of me and get me into more comfortable wires. (how sweet of

> him...) I also noticed a few loose brackets from surgery. Well,

> they took the wire ties off and then the wires, and I had 6

BRACKETS

> that had come loose...all on the top!!!! So that left me with 2

> little brackets. The assistant asked if I wanted to brush my

teeth,

> and I said an emphatic YES! So I went over to the mirror and

there I

> was, virtually braceless! It felt soooo good to be able to brush

my

> teeth all over and floss without having to worry about the

> brackets. (and I looked in the mirror and thought, " My teeth look

so

> cute without the braces! " ..) Well, that didn't last but 5

minutes,

> because back in the chair I went to be re-bracketed:-(.

>

> The re-bracketing was not so fun, it was hard to open enough for

him

> to get everything in line. Thank goodness for me, 1/2 of my lips

are

> still numb, so one side wasn't too bad. Then they put a 19x25

wire

> in the bottom because I didn't get anything done to it, but a

measly

> little 0.20 wire in the top. It hurt a little getting the o-rings

> back on the top, especially since I have the ceramics, but not

much

> more than a typical adjustment.

>

> I asked my ortho what he thought about my lips closing, and he

didn't

> seem too convinced that they will (or maybe thats how I took it).

He

> said that there will be a huge improvement, but that since I'm not

> used to closing my lips, it's going to take some work on my part.

I

> don't want to work, I just want them to close darn it!!!! No-one

> else has to " work " at keeping their lips closed....ugh! Wasn't

that

> the whole point of the surgery??? I'm still going to be

optimistic

> though, and keep moving my upper lip to regain feeling and

motion.

>

> Anyways, I don't have to see him for 4 more weeks, then the real

fun

> begins...woohoo. At least by that time I should be cleared to eat

(7

> weeks), so maybe I won't be so crabby:-).

>

>

[Guest guest]

,

Thanks very much for sharing your experience. I saw my Orthodontists

last week, only because my Son had an appointment. They weren't sure

if they wanted to see me after I was unwired or after the skeletal

wires were taken out. Can anyone else comment on that? When did you

or when should you see your Orthodontist post-surgery? Anyway, I'm

glad you got to see your actual teeth - even if only for a few

minutes. I realized recently that my Boyfriend has never seen me

without mine. I can hardly wait until there is no more metal in my

mouth! OH YEAH ... and no more bulky splint, either!

Take care,

Carol

> Hi everyone,

>

> I just thought I'd share my experience with my first " adjustment "

> after surgery. Lucky me, being not splinted means I got to visit

the

> ortho sooner than most. My ortho wanted to take the surgical hooks

> off of me and get me into more comfortable wires. (how sweet of

> him...) I also noticed a few loose brackets from surgery. Well,

> they took the wire ties off and then the wires, and I had 6

BRACKETS

> that had come loose...all on the top!!!! So that left me with 2

> little brackets. The assistant asked if I wanted to brush my

teeth,

> and I said an emphatic YES! So I went over to the mirror and there

I

> was, virtually braceless! It felt soooo good to be able to brush

my

> teeth all over and floss without having to worry about the

> brackets. (and I looked in the mirror and thought, " My teeth look

so

> cute without the braces! " ..) Well, that didn't last but 5 minutes,

> because back in the chair I went to be re-bracketed:-(.

>

> The re-bracketing was not so fun, it was hard to open enough for

him

> to get everything in line. Thank goodness for me, 1/2 of my lips

are

> still numb, so one side wasn't too bad. Then they put a 19x25 wire

> in the bottom because I didn't get anything done to it, but a

measly

> little 0.20 wire in the top. It hurt a little getting the o-rings

> back on the top, especially since I have the ceramics, but not much

> more than a typical adjustment.

>

> I asked my ortho what he thought about my lips closing, and he

didn't

> seem too convinced that they will (or maybe thats how I took it).

He

> said that there will be a huge improvement, but that since I'm not

> used to closing my lips, it's going to take some work on my part.

I

> don't want to work, I just want them to close darn it!!!! No-one

> else has to " work " at keeping their lips closed....ugh! Wasn't

that

> the whole point of the surgery??? I'm still going to be optimistic

> though, and keep moving my upper lip to regain feeling and

motion.

>

> Anyways, I don't have to see him for 4 more weeks, then the real

fun

> begins...woohoo. At least by that time I should be cleared to eat

(7

> weeks), so maybe I won't be so crabby:-).

>

>