My OD Consult Appointment

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Greetings from Boise! Well, it looks like I'll be getting my braces

put on real-l-ly soon - probably sometime in early July! I went to

the OD this afternoon - what a nice (young) man! He did a brief exam

of my jaws, teeth, and TMJ. He says I have a 5 mm jet, and my OMS

will need to set back my mandible 7 mm. He also says I will only need

pre-op ortho for twelve months and post-op ortho for up to another

six months. He's as enthusiastic as I am about all this! He's not

sure that I will need the LeFort I done at all; he thinks my OMS will

only need to do the BSSO. He says my jaw joint looks healthy (on the

panoramic xray). He had me open and close my mouth numerous times as

he felt the joint articulate - it made lots of loud grinding noises

and my jaw began to hurt. He says he will put on ceramic brackets on

the top and bottom, but he might have a problem getting them to

adhere to two porcelain crowns I have on the bottom front. He also

thinks that he will not need to utilize the space provided by

extracted tooth #K, so I will need to have an implant there; no

additional extractions will be necessary. I have a space between my

two upper front teeth that he will close and use that space to move

the other teeth.// The quote for the " records " (the xrays, pictures,

and the molds) is $284 - I will have that done on Tuesday morning.

The quote for the orthodontic treatment is $5080 - his office gave me

several payment options, including a 6% discount for paying the total

with cash/check and a 4% discount for paying the total with credit

card.//I feel at ease with all this, and my OD seems very nice and

explains things well, so I guess I will be in braces soon and will be

getting my surgery done next summer. WOW!!// Thanks for your support

and all the knowledge I am gaining each time I visit this site.----

Diane