Re: Questions to post-opers with elastic bands

[Guest guest]

Sara

I am a mouth breather, and I had thought that I had finally learned

how to breathe through my nose. Once I got my wires cut, and I could

open my mouth, I am right back to mouth breathing. I guess old

habits die hard. I do find now that it is easier to breathe through

my nose, and I only had my lower jaw worked on. Maybe it is

psychological.

> I asked this question in another post but I think it got lost in

all

> the other stuff I was going on about so I'll ask it again.

>

> Does any one else who has less tight elastic bands on and a splint

feel

> that sometimes they're teeth don't bite down into the right

position? I

> noticed that a few times when I bite down, if I'm concentrating

real

> hard it almost feels like my bite is misaligned and I have to

> consciously bite down again to get it right? Is this normal that

you

> know of? Just wondering what everyone else's experience was.

>

> Also, any other mouth-breathers out there? I was so thrilled

because

> post-op I found I was sleeping with my mouth closed and through my

nose

> despite having a deviated septum. Now that my doc as moved me to

less

> tight elastics I've found that I've gone back to mouth breathing.

Any

> one else keep on mouthbreathing too?

>

> Sara

[Guest guest]

Hi Sara,

It is Sherry again--I just got my sires off the other day (as you

know) and my teeth are not aligned either. In fact they are WAY off!!

On the left there i sbasically no contact at thae back at all. I have

zero feeling on the right side so cant really comment there. I find

the right side is so much tighter (in the TMJ) and I am not sure why.

My darling son is sitting here feeding me little pieces of rolos!!

yummm...but my lips are so blistered and sore I end up just crying

sometimes b/c I an so discouraged and in so much agony. But it wil

only get better...at least we can nibble...

Take care'

Sher

> I asked this question in another post but I think it got lost in

all

> the other stuff I was going on about so I'll ask it again.

>

> Does any one else who has less tight elastic bands on and a splint

feel

> that sometimes they're teeth don't bite down into the right

position? I

> noticed that a few times when I bite down, if I'm concentrating

real

> hard it almost feels like my bite is misaligned and I have to

> consciously bite down again to get it right? Is this normal that

you

> know of? Just wondering what everyone else's experience was.

>

> Also, any other mouth-breathers out there? I was so thrilled

because

> post-op I found I was sleeping with my mouth closed and through my

nose

> despite having a deviated septum. Now that my doc as moved me to

less

> tight elastics I've found that I've gone back to mouth breathing.

Any

> one else keep on mouthbreathing too?

>

> Sara

[Guest guest]

Sara

I had a splint and bands for seven weeks. It was taken out last

week. In the first few weeks I definitely was not biting correctly

all the time. The first time my surgeon noticed he said it was a

muscle spasm and he helped me re-align the bite. After that I was

very conscience of the bite position. Sometimes it was hard to tell

where my teeth were meant to go becuase of all the numbness and

swelling. But soon you will start to get the hang of it and your

teeth will fit into that splint as if it wasn't even there. Now with

the splint out my bite is where is should be...although I still have

another twelve months in braces.

I hope this eases your fears a little bit.

Willa

> I asked this question in another post but I think it got lost in

all

> the other stuff I was going on about so I'll ask it again.

>

> Does any one else who has less tight elastic bands on and a splint

feel

> that sometimes they're teeth don't bite down into the right

position? I

> noticed that a few times when I bite down, if I'm concentrating

real

> hard it almost feels like my bite is misaligned and I have to

> consciously bite down again to get it right? Is this normal that

you

> know of? Just wondering what everyone else's experience was.

>

> Also, any other mouth-breathers out there? I was so thrilled

because

> post-op I found I was sleeping with my mouth closed and through my

nose

> despite having a deviated septum. Now that my doc as moved me to

less

> tight elastics I've found that I've gone back to mouth breathing.

Any

> one else keep on mouthbreathing too?

>

> Sara