braces and surgery

[Guest guest]

Thanks Diane. The Hydrocodone is good stuff, but I don't like feeling

groggy (not to mention constipation, another side effect) but I woke

up feeling pretty good this morning and began taking Aleve. Am still

taking the antibiotic of course. I'm chewing soft foods now at the

back of my mouth (the only part of my mouth that I've ever been able

to chew with anyway) and am doing my best to keep the extraction

sites clean (gently brushing, warm salt water rinse). Food does

always find its way there doesn't it?

I think it's interesting you got your extractions before the braces.

My ortho and OS kinda went back and forth before they decided to do

the extractions and as of now, the braces have been on for six

months. Can't tell if any brackets/wires were bent or broken during

the extractions.

I'm scheduled to have the braces on for 20 months. They won't know

until 3-4 months before the surgery as far as exactly when it'll be

because there's a lot of work that has to be done (esp. moving these

teeth to fill in the holes left by the extractions). I'm shooting for

about this time next year. Maybe our surgeries will be around the

same time

Hope to hear again from you soon,

~Joanne

> Joanne, Congratulations on surviving your extractions!! That

> Hydrocodone is some really great stuff - have some left over from

my

> extraction last month. Be careful not to chew near the areas

though;

> that's easier said than done since the food just tends to slide

right

> over to the " holes " . My surgeon told me not to chew on my left side

for

> 3 weeks, but when he saw how well I was healing, he told me to go

right

> ahead. My tongue has found the hole and now I have a little speech

> impediment. I should be getting my braces sometime in the next few

> months; I'm waiting for my Orthodontist to develop my treatment

plan

> and review it with me - that's scheduled for June 21st, and then

off to

> my OMS for the Orthognathic Surgery consult, which is scheduled for

> July 18th. I'm on their " cancellation list " , so maybe I can get in

> earlier. I just want to get going with all this - this waiting is

> driving me up a wall! If I'm this impatient now, just wait til next

> year, when I get closer to my surgery date!! My OD can't go ahead

and

> put the braces on til he talks with my OMS and then with me. My OMS

> wants to meet with me twice (July 18th for the work-up and a few

weeks

> after that to discuss his surgical plans for me) before the braces

are

> put on, so I'm playing the OD/OMS waiting game for a while, I

guess.//

> When are you having your surgery? How much longer will you be in

> braces? Take care. / Diane (Idaho)

[Guest guest]

Joanne - Nice to hear from you. Sounds like you're healing nicely.

Incidentally, the extraction I had last month was for an abscessed

tooth; my dentist referred me to the OS to remove it. It was only

after meeting the Surgeon at the extraction consultation, that I felt

I wanted to get a Orthognathic Surgery work-up by him. I feel so

comfortable and at ease with him - he's easy to talk to and I feel

he's the best Surgeon I could ever have. Before my extraction, I told

him I had decided to have Orthognathic Surgery and wanted him to do

it, and he was thrilled. He referred me to the OD for my Ortho work-

up, which I had last Tuesday (yuck, those molds!). At my Ortho

consult, we discussed the need for more extractions and he said no

more would be needed. I asked about the hole left by the extraction,

and he said he probably wouldn't need it and I'd need an implant at

that site after my jaw surgery. The next meeting with my OD isn't for

two weeks; he'll be telling me his treatment plan for me and I'm

bringing questions for him. Unfortunately, I have to wait for my

Orthognathic Surgery consult and work-up, for 6 weeks from now. I

hate waiting - I just want to get on with this!! / Diane

> > Joanne, Congratulations on surviving your extractions!! That

> > Hydrocodone is some really great stuff - have some left over from

> my

> > extraction last month. Be careful not to chew near the areas

> though;

> > that's easier said than done since the food just tends to slide

> right

> > over to the " holes " . My surgeon told me not to chew on my left

side

> for

> > 3 weeks, but when he saw how well I was healing, he told me to go

> right

> > ahead. My tongue has found the hole and now I have a little

speech

> > impediment. I should be getting my braces sometime in the next

few

> > months; I'm waiting for my Orthodontist to develop my treatment

> plan

> > and review it with me - that's scheduled for June 21st, and then

> off to

> > my OMS for the Orthognathic Surgery consult, which is scheduled

for

> > July 18th. I'm on their " cancellation list " , so maybe I can get

in

> > earlier. I just want to get going with all this - this waiting is

> > driving me up a wall! If I'm this impatient now, just wait til

next

> > year, when I get closer to my surgery date!! My OD can't go ahead

> and

> > put the braces on til he talks with my OMS and then with me. My

OMS

> > wants to meet with me twice (July 18th for the work-up and a few

> weeks

> > after that to discuss his surgical plans for me) before the

braces

> are

> > put on, so I'm playing the OD/OMS waiting game for a while, I

> guess.//

> > When are you having your surgery? How much longer will you be in

> > braces? Take care. / Diane (Idaho)