Could a new orthadontist mean surgery quicker?

[Guest guest]

Hey everyone-

You guys have all been so helpful through this frustrating time. As

some of you may know, I am going back and forth...I wanted to get

surgery done so badly this summer but my oral surgeon says it could

be a little bit longer as I will need to " expand " my top part of the

mouth so that it is wider. However, since my orthadontist recently

retired, my parents just signed up for a new one. I heard a few days

ago that different orthadontists allow you to get the surgery while

having braces at the same time...true? If so, would I still be able

to get surgery this summer? I just want to know more information

before my appointment...

By the way, if I can't get my surgery done by next winter break, I

absolutely do NOT want to get it done. I have had braces for five

years and still need surgery which is way frustrating...and I am not

wasting my spring break next year! I just wish I could get this over

with and done...does anyone else agree?

[Guest guest]

Only people who can answer these questions with any hope of reality,

methinks, are your docs.

Of course it's frustrating. And honestly, you do not... repeat: YOU

DO NOT!!!! want the surgery done before you are ready for it, for a

lot of good and solid reasons, not the least of which is the

possibility of relapse post op, and having either to live with a

failed result or having to go through it all again.

Ask the people who are treating you what they think will happen when.

They are the ones who know most about what's going on with your

mouth, and when you'll be ready for surgical changes. and please, for

your own sake, don't try to outwit them. It's not a good idea.

I had to have the braces on to have the surgery. That has been true

for most of the people I have known. Those who did not have braces

had to put up with arch bars, which sound even worse, to me. But I

never wore arch bars.

Honey, a spring break is a lovely idea. Five years in braces is not a

lovely idea. But screwing up your mouth and bite, sacrificing all

you've put into five years of orthodontics (not to mention what you

and/or your parents have paid for that) is not a really excellent

notion. Try to cultivate even more patience, and do what the docs

tell you is needed. At least, that's my suggestion.

And of course you want to get it over and done with. Have you ever

known anybody who didn't? I haven't. But part of the procedure is

waiting until your mouth is prepped and ready. An obnoxious part, but

a necessary one, from all I have ever heard.

Cammie

> Hey everyone-

> You guys have all been so helpful through this frustrating time. As

> some of you may know, I am going back and forth...I wanted to get

> surgery done so badly this summer but my oral surgeon says it could

> be a little bit longer as I will need to " expand " my top part of

the

> mouth so that it is wider. However, since my orthadontist recently

> retired, my parents just signed up for a new one. I heard a few

days

> ago that different orthadontists allow you to get the surgery while

> having braces at the same time...true? If so, would I still be able

> to get surgery this summer? I just want to know more information

> before my appointment...

>

> By the way, if I can't get my surgery done by next winter break, I

> absolutely do NOT want to get it done. I have had braces for five

> years and still need surgery which is way frustrating...and I am

not

> wasting my spring break next year! I just wish I could get this

over

> with and done...does anyone else agree?

[Guest guest]

Only people who can answer these questions with any hope of reality,

methinks, are your docs.

Of course it's frustrating. And honestly, you do not... repeat: YOU

DO NOT!!!! want the surgery done before you are ready for it, for a

lot of good and solid reasons, not the least of which is the

possibility of relapse post op, and having either to live with a

failed result or having to go through it all again.

Ask the people who are treating you what they think will happen when.

They are the ones who know most about what's going on with your

mouth, and when you'll be ready for surgical changes. and please, for

your own sake, don't try to outwit them. It's not a good idea.

I had to have the braces on to have the surgery. That has been true

for most of the people I have known. Those who did not have braces

had to put up with arch bars, which sound even worse, to me. But I

never wore arch bars.

Honey, a spring break is a lovely idea. Five years in braces is not a

lovely idea. But screwing up your mouth and bite, sacrificing all

you've put into five years of orthodontics (not to mention what you

and/or your parents have paid for that) is not a really excellent

notion. Try to cultivate even more patience, and do what the docs

tell you is needed. At least, that's my suggestion.

And of course you want to get it over and done with. Have you ever

known anybody who didn't? I haven't. But part of the procedure is

waiting until your mouth is prepped and ready. An obnoxious part, but

a necessary one, from all I have ever heard.

Cammie

> Hey everyone-

> You guys have all been so helpful through this frustrating time. As

> some of you may know, I am going back and forth...I wanted to get

> surgery done so badly this summer but my oral surgeon says it could

> be a little bit longer as I will need to " expand " my top part of

the

> mouth so that it is wider. However, since my orthadontist recently

> retired, my parents just signed up for a new one. I heard a few

days

> ago that different orthadontists allow you to get the surgery while

> having braces at the same time...true? If so, would I still be able

> to get surgery this summer? I just want to know more information

> before my appointment...

>

> By the way, if I can't get my surgery done by next winter break, I

> absolutely do NOT want to get it done. I have had braces for five

> years and still need surgery which is way frustrating...and I am

not

> wasting my spring break next year! I just wish I could get this

over

> with and done...does anyone else agree?

[Guest guest]

Only people who can answer these questions with any hope of reality,

methinks, are your docs.

Of course it's frustrating. And honestly, you do not... repeat: YOU

DO NOT!!!! want the surgery done before you are ready for it, for a

lot of good and solid reasons, not the least of which is the

possibility of relapse post op, and having either to live with a

failed result or having to go through it all again.

Ask the people who are treating you what they think will happen when.

They are the ones who know most about what's going on with your

mouth, and when you'll be ready for surgical changes. and please, for

your own sake, don't try to outwit them. It's not a good idea.

I had to have the braces on to have the surgery. That has been true

for most of the people I have known. Those who did not have braces

had to put up with arch bars, which sound even worse, to me. But I

never wore arch bars.

Honey, a spring break is a lovely idea. Five years in braces is not a

lovely idea. But screwing up your mouth and bite, sacrificing all

you've put into five years of orthodontics (not to mention what you

and/or your parents have paid for that) is not a really excellent

notion. Try to cultivate even more patience, and do what the docs

tell you is needed. At least, that's my suggestion.

And of course you want to get it over and done with. Have you ever

known anybody who didn't? I haven't. But part of the procedure is

waiting until your mouth is prepped and ready. An obnoxious part, but

a necessary one, from all I have ever heard.

Cammie

> Hey everyone-

> You guys have all been so helpful through this frustrating time. As

> some of you may know, I am going back and forth...I wanted to get

> surgery done so badly this summer but my oral surgeon says it could

> be a little bit longer as I will need to " expand " my top part of

the

> mouth so that it is wider. However, since my orthadontist recently

> retired, my parents just signed up for a new one. I heard a few

days

> ago that different orthadontists allow you to get the surgery while

> having braces at the same time...true? If so, would I still be able

> to get surgery this summer? I just want to know more information

> before my appointment...

>

> By the way, if I can't get my surgery done by next winter break, I

> absolutely do NOT want to get it done. I have had braces for five

> years and still need surgery which is way frustrating...and I am

not

> wasting my spring break next year! I just wish I could get this

over

> with and done...does anyone else agree?