Re: For post-oppers of upper & lower

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Cammie:

I think you are right about what our mouths can get used to. I

just can't imagine that far right now.

I don't think I'm biting my tongue. I have all feeling back so I

hope I would notice. This is more like how you probably felt wearing

that splint compared to not wearing it. My tongue just keeps hitting

the upper front part of my mouth & I feel like I have no frontal room

for my tongue. I think it's due to the rotation which puts the back

part of my tongue up higher in the mouth. My ortho thinks my tongue

is still swollen. I hope he's right.

Glad to hear your splint is gone. Don't have the time to be on

here like I want.

Thanks for the response,

Georgia

> > Okay got a question for upper & lower survivors. Did any of you

> have

> > your jaw rotated, so as not to make the chin too pronounced? It

> > would have resulted in your x-rays looking as if your teeth are

now

> > slanted with the back teeth higher up than the front teeth. The

> > reason I ask is two-fold. One: did you experience dificulty with

> > your speech afterwards? I feel as if I'm wearing a retainer

since

> my

> > tongue keeps hitting my upper gum at an odd angle. I don't know

if

> > this is because my mouth is now slanted or if it's because I used

> to

> > have a slight over bite so therefore my tongue never hit so far

> > forward. Anybody else have this problem or anything similar to

> it?

> > I really wish at this point that hadn't rotated it. Don't really

> see

> > why they did since the only reason was to keep the chin from

> sticking

> > too far out ( & that was decided on when they thought I'd only

need

> > upper so I understood that then)but since I ended up having the

> lower

> > also I think they could have don't without the rotation. Plus

two:

> I

> > feel as if it makes my jaw line at the back near the ears look

> > small. I'll have to get a profile shot up sometime so I can get

> > everyone's opinion.

> > Thanks in advance for any input.

> > Georgia

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Cammie:

I think you are right about what our mouths can get used to. I

just can't imagine that far right now.

I don't think I'm biting my tongue. I have all feeling back so I

hope I would notice. This is more like how you probably felt wearing

that splint compared to not wearing it. My tongue just keeps hitting

the upper front part of my mouth & I feel like I have no frontal room

for my tongue. I think it's due to the rotation which puts the back

part of my tongue up higher in the mouth. My ortho thinks my tongue

is still swollen. I hope he's right.

Glad to hear your splint is gone. Don't have the time to be on

here like I want.

Thanks for the response,

Georgia

> > Okay got a question for upper & lower survivors. Did any of you

> have

> > your jaw rotated, so as not to make the chin too pronounced? It

> > would have resulted in your x-rays looking as if your teeth are

now

> > slanted with the back teeth higher up than the front teeth. The

> > reason I ask is two-fold. One: did you experience dificulty with

> > your speech afterwards? I feel as if I'm wearing a retainer

since

> my

> > tongue keeps hitting my upper gum at an odd angle. I don't know

if

> > this is because my mouth is now slanted or if it's because I used

> to

> > have a slight over bite so therefore my tongue never hit so far

> > forward. Anybody else have this problem or anything similar to

> it?

> > I really wish at this point that hadn't rotated it. Don't really

> see

> > why they did since the only reason was to keep the chin from

> sticking

> > too far out ( & that was decided on when they thought I'd only

need

> > upper so I understood that then)but since I ended up having the

> lower

> > also I think they could have don't without the rotation. Plus

two:

> I

> > feel as if it makes my jaw line at the back near the ears look

> > small. I'll have to get a profile shot up sometime so I can get

> > everyone's opinion.

> > Thanks in advance for any input.

> > Georgia

[Guest guest]

I also think that moving my lower forward, even that quarter inch,

probably repositioned my tongue a bit, or at least changed its

working relationship with my teeth. I think that is where the

daggoned sibilant whistle that nobody but me can here is coming from.

It's driving me bonkers, but nobody else even notices it!!! (You

reckon they're gaslighting me?? They want my jawbones for some

devilish scientific study, and they're gonna drive me nuts to

get 'em???)

Cammie

> > Dunno whether this relates, but they slid my lower slightly to

the

> > right. For some reason, ever since they took out the splint, my

> upper

> > right band (from which they removed the cleats to make it

smoother)