Guest guest Posted June 2, 2003 Report Share Posted June 2, 2003 I'm so glad to see that ya'll are still here. Even though I don't make it here too often, I think of everyone quite often. Cheryl: My ortho gave me 1 retainer & a spare & a cast of my top teeth so that if ever I lose the 2 others I can get another made anywhere. (Being clear & small, I can see how they could be lost easily.) But that makes me think that a mold of your teeth is all you would need for another retainer. Maybe in the future, if you ever lose yours or damage them, you can check out an ortho who does the invisaline retainers & have him make a mold on you & make you new retainers. Marsha: I have hope for your lip. I had always heard a year was usually the limit for the nerves to regenerate. But the surgeon says that's just an average that many people don't get it back until 18 months or so. He said if you get tinglies or if you can touch your chin in one spot & feel a nerve jump somewhere close by that's a good sign. He said if you have a spot like that (I have one on my chin that shoots to my lip), he said stimulating it helps. I'll keep my fingers crossed for you. I'm also trying something different to help my jaw open better. It's stuck at 35. He said usually it's scar tissue that obstructs it but he checked mine & it wasn't it. So we're gonna try flexeril to relax the muscle while I do my exercises to get more stretch & less pain out of each session. Hopefully it will improve. I'd love to be my pre-op 45mm's again. Nice to hear from ya'll, Georgia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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