Any members from Indiana--surgeon question???

[Guest guest]

So I'm reading everyone's messages and notice that a lot of people

are talkin about all these pre-op visits before their surgery. Well

the only times I've been to my oral surgeon are for a consultation

visit and to have some minor oral surgery to get an impacted tooth

extracted...that's it. and my surgery is less than a month away. my

first appointment was in february or march i think. i'm wondering if

anyone else lives in indiana and possibly goes to indiana oral and

maxillofacial surgery associates (IOMSA). i know my orthodontist is

filling my OS in on my progress...but i would have thought that i

would have had at least another couple visits with my oral surgeon.

i mean my OS is great...i've had numerous people (orthodontist,

dentists, others who i've talked to) tell me he's one of the best in

the state. so maybe that's just how they do things. seems kinda odd

though. what do you guys think?

Tom

[Guest guest]

I only had two visits with my OS prior to surgery - the first one

was the initial consultation 3 months prior and the second was about

2 days prior to surgery to check the splint.

My OS had a couple of assistants (nurses I guess) who were very nice

and I called them from time to time with questions. Plus, I had

this web site to answer a lot of my questions.

My ortho was the one who was running the show. The two offices

coordinated very nicely and everything went well.

Jay

> So I'm reading everyone's messages and notice that a lot of people

> are talkin about all these pre-op visits before their surgery.

Well

> the only times I've been to my oral surgeon are for a consultation

> visit and to have some minor oral surgery to get an impacted tooth

> extracted...that's it. and my surgery is less than a month away.

my

> first appointment was in february or march i think. i'm wondering

if

> anyone else lives in indiana and possibly goes to indiana oral and

> maxillofacial surgery associates (IOMSA). i know my orthodontist

is

> filling my OS in on my progress...but i would have thought that i

> would have had at least another couple visits with my oral

surgeon.

> i mean my OS is great...i've had numerous people (orthodontist,

> dentists, others who i've talked to) tell me he's one of the best

in

> the state. so maybe that's just how they do things. seems kinda

odd

> though. what do you guys think?

>

> Tom

[Guest guest]

If I hadn't had other TMJ dysfunction problems, I probably would

have only seen my oral surgeon twice before surgery - the

consultation and then the pre-op visit. My case was sort of

backwards. It seems the ortho usually refers the patient on to the

OS, but my OS did an arthroscopy on my left joint and once my bite

settled, he advised me to consider surgery to correct my open bite.

He sent me to the ortho, whom I obviously saw a lot with all those

pre and post-op adjustments.

> > So I'm reading everyone's messages and notice that a lot of

people

> > are talkin about all these pre-op visits before their surgery.

> Well

> > the only times I've been to my oral surgeon are for a

consultation

> > visit and to have some minor oral surgery to get an impacted

tooth

> > extracted...that's it. and my surgery is less than a month

away.

> my

> > first appointment was in february or march i think. i'm

wondering

> if

> > anyone else lives in indiana and possibly goes to indiana oral

and

> > maxillofacial surgery associates (IOMSA). i know my

orthodontist

> is

> > filling my OS in on my progress...but i would have thought that

i

> > would have had at least another couple visits with my oral

> surgeon.

> > i mean my OS is great...i've had numerous people (orthodontist,

> > dentists, others who i've talked to) tell me he's one of the

best

> in

> > the state. so maybe that's just how they do things. seems

kinda

> odd

> > though. what do you guys think?

> >

> > Tom

[Guest guest]

Well, not so odd... for me anyway. I saw my OS two years ago for a consult.

Then I saw him for the first time since then one week before my surgery for my

pre-op appt. I did have several people recommend him and I met someone who had

the same surgery as I did. I felt very comfortable with him and had my list of

questions for the pre-op visit. Everything went fine! He did see me once a

week for the first eight weeks post-op, though.

So, I guess I saw him more after the surgery than before!

~Cathy

Any members from Indiana--surgeon

question???

So I'm reading everyone's messages and notice that a lot of people

are talkin about all these pre-op visits before their surgery. Well

the only times I've been to my oral surgeon are for a consultation

visit and to have some minor oral surgery to get an impacted tooth

extracted...that's it. and my surgery is less than a month away. my

first appointment was in february or march i think. i'm wondering if

anyone else lives in indiana and possibly goes to indiana oral and

maxillofacial surgery associates (IOMSA). i know my orthodontist is

filling my OS in on my progress...but i would have thought that i

would have had at least another couple visits with my oral surgeon.

i mean my OS is great...i've had numerous people (orthodontist,

dentists, others who i've talked to) tell me he's one of the best in

the state. so maybe that's just how they do things. seems kinda odd

though. what do you guys think?

Tom