Metal Mouth Message Board

Hey blindboarder2008, congratulations on being so close to surgery!! I only had my surgical ties put on the morning of my surgery (i went down to theatre at 3pm) and i can't really remember them hurting too much..it could have been the adrenaline pumping through my veins as it was surgery day! :lol:...

switchblades -i just kinda stuck my camera in my mouth and clicked! My most recent photos aren't as good as my old one, even though my new camera is meant to be better! :? allisun -i know, i'm so pleased with my arches! :D I only noticed a change in face shape because i had lower jaw and chin surge...

Guys, the worst thing you can do it 'baby' your teeth by cutting things up small and living on soup. Its not the way forward! :lol: I know it hurts in the beginning, but by chewing, it increases blood blow to the teeth and gums and will help you get used to the braces far, far more quicker than eati...

Argh, got my left's and right's muddled!
Far left pics are brace day, june 2007
Middle pics are first adjustment day, roughly august 2007
Far right pics are today, february 2009 (19ish months treatment and lower jaw surgery and genioplasty 2 months previously)

A long, looong time ago i posted the first pictures of my teeth (far right pictures are on brace day and middle pictures are of my first adjustment two months later). Now i feel i should post my 3 week countdown pictures...! They are the pictures on the far right...i'm afraid they are a bit dark as ...

I'm due to be debanded (w00p w00p!) on 23rd feb which will be 11 weeks post op...i had my top molar bands taken off a week ago to "slowly release my teeth" and i thought it felt like he was trying to pull my tooth out! Now, i had lower jaw surgery and i just worry my poor little lower jaw ...

I'm due to be debanded (w00p w00p!) :lol: on 23rd feb which will be 11 weeks post op...i had my top molar bands taken off a week ago to "slowly release my teeth" and i thought it felt like he was trying to pull my tooth out! :shock: Now, i had lower jaw surgery and i just worry my poor lit...

Hey EARL, Its not that you won't be able to speak somewhat normally, but it just aches after about 10 minutes of constant talking. I had so many visitors at the beginning of my recovery and i wanted to talk, i just couldn't for all of it. One thing i did do before surgery was to practice talking wit...

Hi graceful58, i'm 8 weeks post op (same surgery) and still have one area thats very slightly numb still...its not really really numb, i can feel 'something'when i touch it with my finger, but not 100% back to normal feeling. If that makes sense!! My ortho said, as long as you're tingly and have cha...

Hi megs29, I had the exact same surgery you're having, back in December last year. It all went very well and its really not as bad as you expect it to be, so try not to worry about it. Your two questions: Firstly, the dent in your chin...i had a small dent in my chin too. Not anything near to being ...

Have you tried taking an anti-histamine (like a hayfever tablet)? This will help counteract the reaction and settle your skin back down.

Hehe, i'd need an earlobe shaped charm....an elastic band shaped charm...
I'm going to post my experiences of surgery on the oral surgery board at some point this weekend-i owe it to everyone awaiting surgery cos past experiences certainly helped me feel better about it

Ooo, there's one more special thing i forgot-my right ear lobe is numb. My surgeon said i'm the first patient of his to have this as well! :lol: He reckons it could be from the drains i had in my neck-the nerve to the ear runs up the neck and he thinks it may have been knocked. Makes putting in earr...

Ooo, just seen your message, sorry! The surgeon popped in to have a look and apparantely he read a recently read a paper that suggested that 50% of BSSO's have one of these 'holes' turn up-basically its where the stitching has wriggled apart and it leaves a cavity. But they heal up, you've just got ...

Oh, maybe its not so odd then. It just seemed odd one side was open and the other wasn't-i would imagine that our holes are in similar places as i had lower and my holes are adjacent to where my wisdom teeth would be. Gonna bring it up when i see the ortho tomorrow.