Re: Re: Ortho update - Fran

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Fran -

thanks for all the encouraging words. My ortho said that he has heard of the

ear issue before and (unfortunately) doesn't have a clear cut reason or

solution. Sometime folks end up going to an ENT and maybe get tubes to drain

fluid. It seems to be one of those medical mysteries.

As for powerchains- they are a strip of connected o-rings that run across your

teeth that hook onto the brackets over the arch wire. They replace the little

rings that go on each individual bracket to hold the archwire. I had (hee hee) a

overbite with my front teeth also at an angle pushing out. With 2 teeth removed

- the powerchain on the top pulled in the front teeth and also moved the front 4

teeth into the gaps from the pulled teeth. An added bonus was I ended up having

a simpler version of the Leforte - only repositioning the jaw not widening it as

well.

I've only had the braces for 16 months - which is relatively short for around

here. I remember thinking when I got them on that if they weren't glued to my

teeth I would have ripped them off and pitched them far far away!

Thanks again for the nice thoughts!

Cyndy

fran wrote:

Hi Cyndy,

That must be so great to hear about having your braces off by

Christmas. It is funny how when you are prebraces, the posts about

getting your braces off are not NEARLY as great sounding!! lol I

got my braces on about a month ago, and now the thought of getting

the braces off for good is just about the sweetest music I can

hear!! lol I am really happy you are nearing that point.

I haven't heard of the powerchain. What is that? It sounds huge,

but maybe I am wrong about that. What did your ortho say about the

ringing? Did he have any ideas about that? I am hoping this

diminishes for you soon.

It sounds like you are otherwise right on schedule. That is great.

Let us know when you can bite into soft foods too. That is just a

long sighted dream for me right now, and I love hearing it! haha

Hugs,

Fran

> Hi all!

> Went to my first ortho visit on thursday since I had my surgery

on

> Aug 15th (Leforte & BSSO). He took off 95% of the surgical hooks -

I

> just have one set to use for bands overnight. Phew- that was

really

> great to get those off. He did a full adjustment - I also lost

both

> powerchains (upper and lower front - 6 to 6). I've had the

> powerchains since the begining - it's nice to have just the wire

> across my front teeth.

> I was a bit sore on Thurs and friday, but chewing is coming back.

> The thing I can't do still is bite down into something like a

> sandwich - I'm still putting smaller pieces into my mouth. Even

soft

> things (like the ever popular Mcs cheeseburger). Maybe I'm a

> little scared of that- it's uncomfortable so I'm avoiding it.

> Lastly - it's a good bet that I will be out of braces by

Christmas.

> Wow. Hard to believe that it'll be done so soon. One adjust in Nov

> and then off in Dec? crazy.

>

> Now if my left ear would only cooperate and stop ringing and being

> blocked and generally miserable things would be great!

> Take care everyone - esp the latest crop of post-opers! Things

> really do get better.

> Cyndy