Shirley/Re: 3 Mos Update-Post Lefort 1, BSSO, genio, etc.

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Hi Shirley,

Great News! Sounds like things are moving along for you rather

well. That triangle configuration is a bit tough. At least you are

able to take the bands off for eating. I was not so lucky and had to

squeeze food between the bands and teeth. Not fun!

Anyway, hopefully my update will be as good as yours when I see my OD

on this upcoming Monday. Fingers crossed!! Tomorrow is my first

dental cleaning post op. Can't wait to see what my dentist thinks &

get these teeth cleaned!

Take Care & talk to you soon,

--Caboose

> Hi all,

>

> Just saw both OS and OD today. OS wanted to check and make sure I

> didn't have any shift on lower jaw. All looked good. I don't see

> him again for 2 mos.

>

> OD decided to change my rubber band configuration. He's trying to

> pull the rt. upper teeth down to fit the bottom better. So now I

> have two triangles on adjoing teeth with Class 3 rubber bands

> (Elephant) on rt side. On the other side he's leaving just the

> Class 2 bands (Impala). I can hardly open my mouth with the 2

> Elephants sitting on teeth. The teeth are already getting

sore.

> At least I can take them off to eat and brush.

>

> Numbness is almost completely gone. Maybe ever so slight numbness

> in chin. But I can live with that.

>

> I mentioned I'm still biting my lip and OS said to wait until the

OD

> is done with braces. I still have to put wax there at night to

keep

> from biting the lip.

>

> All in all, I think things have gone well, despite a little bit of

a

> rough time the first week after surgery. For all you Pre-opers and

> Post-Opers, just remember it does get better. Thanks for

everyone's

> support on the board.

>

> Shirley