Re: Braces off Wednesday!!!!

[Guest guest]

I dont mind the impressions much, but physically I think they need more

space to get the things in than I can open my mouth. What should I be doing

to get my mouth to open other than trying to open it further each day. My

os didnt really advise on any physical therapy.

Tony S.

At 10:54 PM 11/18/2003 +0000, ceast36532 wrote:

>The took impressions on me immediately after they removed my braces.

>And it was well worth putting up with a set of impressions --

>although I don't have as much trouble with them, mercifully, as some

>of you do.

>

>Then some months later, I had an odd wisdom tooth with an extra cusp,

>and I was biting the dickens on the scar tissue in my cheek, which

>kept it more swollen. The solution was to grind off the extra cusp.

>But-- you guessed it, before they could do that, they had to do a set

>of impressions, so they could study the lie of my mouth and figure it

>all out. Bring out the goop.

>

>I think I'm learning to be a pro at this.

>

>Cammie

>

>

> > Same kind of thing happened to me. 7 weeks post op now and my

>ortho said

> > she would take them off the 2nd week of Dec. Are they going to need

>to take

> > an impression for the retainer. That could be a problem because I

>dont

> > seem to be able to open my mouth very wide.

> >

> > Tony S.

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Cammie, thanks for taking the time to be so informative about

retainers. Much appreciated.....It is good to be so close to getting

the braces off, its probably going to be March 04 for me but i can

wait. Take care, Annie x

In orthognathicsurgerysupport , ceast36532

wrote:

> There are quite a few different types of retainers, Annie... And

> isn't it exciting that you're close enough to be wondering about

that

> question!

>

> Mine are little acrylic things, vacuum molded to the impressions of

> my teeth after the braces came off. (I suspect that they're pretty

> much like the Invisaligns.) They're sposed to be particularly good

> for keeping rotations, and they're also sposed to last about two

> years.

>

> Some people have " permanent retainers. " These are wires, and far as

I

> know they're bonded in behind the front teeth. Sometimes lower

only,

> with one wire across, roughly from canine to canine, behind the

> lowers front teeth. Sometimes there's an upper one, also bonded to

> the teeth, behind the uppers.

>

> Some people get " Hawleys " or other similar types, which are

> essentially plastic plate-like things, with little wires that clasp

> onto the back teeth and go around the front ones. The ones I've

seen

> go on the outside, and are more visible than the other types.

>

> There are also positioners, which have an evil reputation for being

> painful and obnoxious. They're like hard rubber mouthpieces, with

> impressions of the two arches in them, and grab the teeth

(sometimes

> urging them into the last bits of movement that perfect the bite).

>

> There may be other devices, as well. These are all that i know.

> (Where are you, Cyn? Didn't you once make these things?)

>

> My retainers are invisible, and generally not irritating at all,

> although one of 'em has a sharp edge (developed after a year)

that's

> irking my tongue at the moment. They're soooo much less intrusive

> than the appliances, and so much more comfortable!

>

> Best,

>

> Cammie

>

>

> > Hi , fantastic news about you getting your braces, hooks etc

> > removed. Lucky you.......Forgive me for being naive but what is

the

> > retainer like? Is it like a removable brace? My Surgeon mentioned

> > something about it but i can't remember. God i'd love them to

tell

> me

> > i was getting my brace off and right before xmas

too....fabulous!!!

> > Annie

> >

[Guest guest]

Hi Cammie, thanks for taking the time to be so informative about

retainers. Much appreciated.....It is good to be so close to getting

the braces off, its probably going to be March 04 for me but i can

wait. Take care, Annie x

In orthognathicsurgerysupport , ceast36532

wrote:

> There are quite a few different types of retainers, Annie... And

> isn't it exciting that you're close enough to be wondering about

that

> question!

>

> Mine are little acrylic things, vacuum molded to the impressions of

> my teeth after the braces came off. (I suspect that they're pretty

> much like the Invisaligns.) They're sposed to be particularly good

> for keeping rotations, and they're also sposed to last about two

> years.

>

> Some people have " permanent retainers. " These are wires, and far as

I

> know they're bonded in behind the front teeth. Sometimes lower

only,

> with one wire across, roughly from canine to canine, behind the

> lowers front teeth. Sometimes there's an upper one, also bonded to

> the teeth, behind the uppers.

>

> Some people get " Hawleys " or other similar types, which are

> essentially plastic plate-like things, with little wires that clasp

> onto the back teeth and go around the front ones. The ones I've

seen

> go on the outside, and are more visible than the other types.

>

> There are also positioners, which have an evil reputation for being

> painful and obnoxious. They're like hard rubber mouthpieces, with

> impressions of the two arches in them, and grab the teeth

(sometimes

> urging them into the last bits of movement that perfect the bite).

>

> There may be other devices, as well. These are all that i know.

> (Where are you, Cyn? Didn't you once make these things?)

>

> My retainers are invisible, and generally not irritating at all,

> although one of 'em has a sharp edge (developed after a year)

that's

> irking my tongue at the moment. They're soooo much less intrusive

> than the appliances, and so much more comfortable!

>

> Best,

>

> Cammie

>

>

> > Hi , fantastic news about you getting your braces, hooks etc

> > removed. Lucky you.......Forgive me for being naive but what is

the

> > retainer like? Is it like a removable brace? My Surgeon mentioned

> > something about it but i can't remember. God i'd love them to

tell

> me

> > i was getting my brace off and right before xmas

too....fabulous!!!

> > Annie

> >

[Guest guest]

Hi Cammie, thanks for taking the time to be so informative about

retainers. Much appreciated.....It is good to be so close to getting

the braces off, its probably going to be March 04 for me but i can

wait. Take care, Annie x

In orthognathicsurgerysupport , ceast36532

wrote:

> There are quite a few different types of retainers, Annie... And

> isn't it exciting that you're close enough to be wondering about

that

> question!

>

> Mine are little acrylic things, vacuum molded to the impressions of

> my teeth after the braces came off. (I suspect that they're pretty

> much like the Invisaligns.) They're sposed to be particularly good

> for keeping rotations, and they're also sposed to last about two

> years.

>

> Some people have " permanent retainers. " These are wires, and far as

I

> know they're bonded in behind the front teeth. Sometimes lower

only,

> with one wire across, roughly from canine to canine, behind the

> lowers front teeth. Sometimes there's an upper one, also bonded to

> the teeth, behind the uppers.

>

> Some people get " Hawleys " or other similar types, which are

> essentially plastic plate-like things, with little wires that clasp

> onto the back teeth and go around the front ones. The ones I've

seen

> go on the outside, and are more visible than the other types.

>

> There are also positioners, which have an evil reputation for being

> painful and obnoxious. They're like hard rubber mouthpieces, with

> impressions of the two arches in them, and grab the teeth

(sometimes

> urging them into the last bits of movement that perfect the bite).

>

> There may be other devices, as well. These are all that i know.

> (Where are you, Cyn? Didn't you once make these things?)

>

> My retainers are invisible, and generally not irritating at all,

> although one of 'em has a sharp edge (developed after a year)

that's

> irking my tongue at the moment. They're soooo much less intrusive

> than the appliances, and so much more comfortable!

>

> Best,

>

> Cammie

>

>

> > Hi , fantastic news about you getting your braces, hooks etc

> > removed. Lucky you.......Forgive me for being naive but what is

the

> > retainer like? Is it like a removable brace? My Surgeon mentioned

> > something about it but i can't remember. God i'd love them to

tell

> me

> > i was getting my brace off and right before xmas

too....fabulous!!!

> > Annie

> >

[Guest guest]

No, I'm not that far yet. My splint doesn't come out for another 3 weeks and

there's a little more tweaking that needs to be done (see my next post). I've

just had such horrible experience with just about every impression so far...I

don't want to do that again...EVER! Oh, well (heavy sigh).

Smooches

Re: Braces off Wednesday!!!!

Noooo, you won't die. And you wouldn't really rather keep the splint

and braces forever, honest.

Your doc and his techs will help you, and then you'll be free.

Besides, you're not that far along yet, are you, Smooches? I confess,

I lose track. But I had the surgery at the end of June and didn't get

free of the braces (the splint went off much earlier) until October.

I think it's rare that the braces come of as soon as 's are to.

Cammie

> >> Hi all!

> >>

> >> I went in to see the ortho today for what was supposed to be a

visit

> >> to

> >> take the hooks off and change the wires and instead he offered

to take

> >> everything off this week. I'm only 7 weeks post-op so I was

pretty

> >> shocked (I would say that my jaw dropped but it still only

opens 2 cm)

> >> but I'm definitely not complaining.

> >>

> >> I go in Wed. morning to get the braces off and then go back

Wed.

> >> afternoon to pick up my retainer.

> >>

> >> Of course, it means I have the hooks on for another 2 days but

I can

> >> live with that. :-)

> >>

> >>

> >>

> >>

> >>

[Guest guest]

Tony,

My OS told me today to start trying to open a little more. She told me a good

exercise to do is get a wooden clothespin, place it between the teeth and GENTLY

open and close it ten times...kind of forcing the mouth to open wider. She told

me to do this 3 times a day and my bite should open almost double by the time I

go for my next appt in 2 weeks.

Smooches

Re: Braces off Wednesday!!!!

I dont mind the impressions much, but physically I think they need more

space to get the things in than I can open my mouth. What should I be doing

to get my mouth to open other than trying to open it further each day. My

os didnt really advise on any physical therapy.

Tony S.

At 10:54 PM 11/18/2003 +0000, ceast36532 wrote:

>The took impressions on me immediately after they removed my braces.

>And it was well worth putting up with a set of impressions --

>although I don't have as much trouble with them, mercifully, as some

>of you do.

>

>Then some months later, I had an odd wisdom tooth with an extra cusp,

>and I was biting the dickens on the scar tissue in my cheek, which

>kept it more swollen. The solution was to grind off the extra cusp.

>But-- you guessed it, before they could do that, they had to do a set

>of impressions, so they could study the lie of my mouth and figure it

>all out. Bring out the goop.

>

>I think I'm learning to be a pro at this.

>

>Cammie

>

>

> > Same kind of thing happened to me. 7 weeks post op now and my

>ortho said

> > she would take them off the 2nd week of Dec. Are they going to need

>to take

> > an impression for the retainer. That could be a problem because I

>dont

> > seem to be able to open my mouth very wide.

> >

> > Tony S.

>

>

>

>