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My treatment was covered through my work so I'm not sure. Sorry I can't answer your question:(

Today I finally had my braces removed. The last month was brutal with elastics however well worth it. I just have that clear retainer I have to wear for my upper teeth for 24 hours for a month after that it will just be for sleeping. So my whole process was actaully just short of a 2 years. Feb 15 I...

Nice! Hopefully that's the last thing for you. They have you using elastics or anything? Have you noticed any relief on that tenderness yet? No elastics or anything. Im at the tail end of ortho treatment i have 4 more appointments the last one being in mid feb. My teeth in my opinion look great the...

Hello. I had my double jaw surgery in may, i had some bad luck with the healing and required a second surgery which i had in july. Well things didnt fully heal again and just had little surgery last week. I can say even through all this the whole experience was still positive. Ill be happy to answer...

Hey im back, it was actually a lot better than i thought. They gave me an IV and i was pretty much out. I dont remember anything. So they removed a peice of bone I actually got to keep it, along with the screw that was holding it there. They did a bonegraft and everything should be fine. I feel fine...

Hello its been awhile since i replied. Well i have some bad news. Ill be having a small surgery next Thursday. There still seems to be some complications with the healing, specifically on my right side lower jaw. The bone just doesnt want to fuse properly so ill be having a peice of bone removed and...

So I'm back from my post surgery check up. Had the elastics removed so now I can open my mouth! Wow what a great feeling!!! everything seems to be healing well but I'm still to stick to liquid and super soft diet no chewing for another week. I see him again next week.

So just over 2 weeks post op number 2. My mouth has been wired shut this time around and it's horrible. I see my surgeon Tuesday. I think about cutting the wires everyday but I don't.. it's made a horrible miserable person to be honest.. anyway as far as I can tell the Healing is going okay I'll kno...

I just had a lefort 1 and bsso and waited a year after my SARPE for the second one. So like everyone said it will depend on your ortho at this point. They will know when you're ready for surgery.

Which surgery are you getting? I had my braces put on last Feb and had my sarpe surgery a month later.

It's just weird in my case it was only 1 plate out of 6 total. It can happen i guess most likely I did something to cause the Healing process to mess up. I just saw he new xray and now there is a big long plate in there. And he cleaned out all the infected junk so should heal properly now. I'm also ...

Yeah I just ate a bbq chicken bacon pizza on Monday lol.. well they made me shave what I could with the electric and then they Bic razerd where they needed so it looks crazy. And yes I know I went to fast. And started biting off more than I could chew..literally.. and those gym workouts yet very mil...

Maybe it's just me but after having 3 jaw surgerys now I can reflect a little. I have found all 3 or surgerys to be for the most part painless.. narcotics were prescribed but defiantly not needed. I'm a glad because I would rather stay away from heavy drugs. The first week after the double jaw was m...

Don't sin too much or you might be like me and end up having a second surgery. Probably started chewing food a little to soon.

Yeah but I don't remember anything that could have caused it directly. Anyway my second surgery is done. I was walking around hours after. No pain. I feel 99% minus having a IV in my foot during surgery was weird seeing them take it out. The surgery wasn't very long. He put a bigger thicker plate wi...