question bout hooks

[Guest guest]

Hey ya'll i went and saw my orthodontist today and had all my surgical

stainless steel wires put in and shes gonna put hooks in next week and

i was wondering if anyboby could tell me what exactly they are used for

and how they fit in my mouth im gonna have then for four days before i

actually have my surgery (in less than two weeks) they were gonna do it

today but they said the hooks are a little uncomfy and i just wanted to

know exactly how uncomfy they are thanx *~~*

[Guest guest]

I just had my hooks put in yesterday for my surgery on june 28th. My

hooks were just little pieces of wire that attach between the brackes

on the surgical wire. They told me the hooks can be irrating but mine

arent bothering me at all. If you can try asking them to bend the

hooks in toward the gum line. Thats how they did mine and I have no

problem with them, however, food gets stuck in them.

> Hey ya'll i went and saw my orthodontist today and had all my surgical

> stainless steel wires put in and shes gonna put hooks in next week and

> i was wondering if anyboby could tell me what exactly they are used for

> and how they fit in my mouth im gonna have then for four days before i

> actually have my surgery (in less than two weeks) they were gonna do it

> today but they said the hooks are a little uncomfy and i just wanted to

> know exactly how uncomfy they are thanx *~~*

[Guest guest]

Hi

If you go under my photo file SARA you can find a photo of my mouth

with the hooks and elastics and splint. The hooks basically serve to

band together your mouth because that is where the elastics will wrap

around. My doctor told me that my hooks were actually a lot smaller

than most people so I got off lucky pain wise. The worse thing is the

blisters you get much as when you first put on your braces. Use wax,

it helps a lot. Also food gets stuck in the hooks a lot but you can

always brush it out with a toothbrush. Congratulations, you're almost

there surgery-wise!

Sara

> Hey ya'll i went and saw my orthodontist today and had all my

surgical

> stainless steel wires put in and shes gonna put hooks in next week

and

> i was wondering if anyboby could tell me what exactly they are used

for

> and how they fit in my mouth im gonna have then for four days before

i

> actually have my surgery (in less than two weeks) they were gonna do

it

> today but they said the hooks are a little uncomfy and i just wanted

to

> know exactly how uncomfy they are thanx *~~*