Guest guest Posted June 7, 2005 Report Share Posted June 7, 2005 Becky, The ring is beautiful ... wear it in good health! I'm sorry to hear of your downs and happy to hear about your ups. I guess that's life for ya, eh?! Hang in there!!! Carol > It was so nice to log on and see everyone's congratulations and > birthday wishes ) You guys have become really fast and close > friends! I posted a couple of pics of the ring - they're not > professional but I just took them this morning...I am still so excited ) > > I'm glad I had such a wonderful weekend, though, because yesterday was > a little rough. I was supposed to go to the ortho last wed - but she > called up and said the splint wouldn't be in until fri afternoon, > could i come in sat afternoon? I obivously was going to be in lobster > heaven - so i asked if we could do it on mon. She said yes - it would > only take a couple of minutes. I guess a couple of minutes to her is > four hours! Ugh. > > Initially the appointment was to fit the splint. OK. But then she > brought out the hooks...OMG! I swear, the hooks on the arch wire > sitting on the tray looked like the crown of thorns! You're gonna put > that in my mouth! I knew, from this site, that it was coming - but I > don't remember _her_ ever discussing it with me. The process of > putting them in was kind of long and tedious - she had some trouble > with the ones between my molars. At the end she said " is anything > poking you? " I thought she was kidding - my mouth was pretty cut up > from her putting them in - and the hooks are bigger than the brackets. > How could I possibly tell? Ugh. > > The good news was from the models, x-rays, and soft tissue exam. She > first said it wasn't necessary to do a segmental advancement on my > cleft side before the lefort i (which was the initital plan) because > the teeth were in perfect position as is. Then she said the cleft had > closed 3mm since we started, and there was a bony ridge in the cleft - > so the bone graft should be much easier and have a much better chance > at success! Finally she announced that my jaws were aligned perfectly > - so they only need to bring it straight forward, no side to side or > slight differences to either side. She called Dr. Cutting and said > the surgery should be extremely simple - and that they no longer > needed the segmental. Yeah! > > I guess the inspirational point here is that two years in braces > allowed her to move my teeth to a better position that hopefully will > make the surgery easier. Although it was a year more than I had > bargained for, and I was frustrated that things were taking so long, > she really was helping me out. Sometimes you just have to have > patience and a little faith that they know what they're doing ) > > Then, last night, I had steak! > > Hope you're all having a good day ) Thanks for being there! > > -becky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 7, 2005 Report Share Posted June 7, 2005 Becky, that's great news! Just goes to show how patience can be a virtue and lead to happy positive things. Yeah those hooks are a thorny crown. Your mouth does eventually get used to them and post-op when you have the splint in, your mind is on other things so you forget about them poking into you, partly also because you can't feel much. Sara Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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