Metal Mouth Message Board

I had a 2 piece Le Fort 1 3 years ago then double jaw last year. I was banded shut for a little over 3 weeks for the both of them. After both ops my jaw ached quite a bit once I transitioned to soft food so i believe it is perfectly normal...just like a hard workout using muscles you have not used i...

I can't believe it has been 2.5 months since my op. How time flies. I've had the tingling in my chin and lower lip for quite a while. It's particularly noticable when things move or when I brush against them. I'm assuming its good and that the nerves are reaching out to each other. It also feels ver...

I'm in my late 30's and had double jaw surgery seven week ago. My chin and lower lip are still totally numb though I don't notice it that much anymore. I did have some numbness in my nose but the feeling came back after a couple of weeks. However, I think the trauma to the lower jaw nerve is a bit m...

I haven't heard of this procedure but it sounds similar to what I had done during my double jaw surgery. Probably because I was still a little swollen and on codeine, it took me a couple of days to realize that several of my teeth had been slightly filed down and patched with ceramic fillings. When ...

Hi soph26. I got wax before surgery since I knew I was going to have surgical hooks added during the op. I felt guilty going back to my ortho and asking for new packets so I went to amazon instead. Turns out I didn't need it anyway...oh well. The harder food is a good question. For both the sarpe, w...

Since it looks like I might be the only June surgery at the moment, and that things have settled down for me, I thought I'd post a follow-up. Check-in was at 5 am with my surgery scheduled for 7 am. This time it took about 3 hours. I was told later that it would've been shorter but the surgeon had a...

Apologies if this is a repeat of a group but I didn't see any listing for June yet. Posted two years ago when I had a le fort 1/sarpe for a narrow upper pallate and an under bite. I appreciated the posts from others at the time. Spent the last two years having the necessary ortho work and finally we...

34 - old enough to have good insurance

Not that it is any consolation but my ortho said that spacers are by far the most painful part of orthodontic treatment. Your teeth move fairly quickly, hence the pain. My pain dissipated after a few days. In fact after about 2 weeks my teeth had moved so much (which is not a lot) one of my spacers ...

I breathe mostly through my mouth but can also breathe through my nose. For about a week after my upper jaw surgery my nose was clogged so it felt exactly like I had a heavy cold except with the added benefit of nose bleeds :) When I slept at night I had a humidifier going which I think helped keep ...

Good to hear from you BracketRacket. I think it took me about 4 weeks for me to get my upper braces and lowers. They did them together. They put in the lightest wire first which they took out at the end of August and it looked pretty gnarly. They put in a more rigid wire which isn't popping out of m...

There are different expanders out there but mine is banded to my first molars and has a loop on the outside for the archwire to go through.

I didn't get any infections just using the mouthwash and a baby toothbrush. I forgot to add that I was also on antibiotics (liquid) as well and it's very important that you keep taking them - I think it was every 6 hours for me. I think they ran out after about two weeks. At the 3-4 weeks my stitche...

I had upper jaw surgery mid-May and was given a mouthwash too. For the first couple of days I just used the mouthwash but after that I was told I could use a very soft baby tooth brush with the mouthwash. I think I didn't use toothpase until the mouthwash ran out (couple of weeks). My OS also advise...

I've seen my ortho about once a month since having my braces in. They remove and retighten ligatures but that is about it so far. I know the ortho was concerned not to move too quickly so that I fully healed. From what I've heard with the development of modern memory wires (wire that holds its shape...