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Yeah!!!

Good luck!

Of course there is the old, bad joke:

Dentist: "You're teeth are fine."
Patient: "Great"
Dentist: "Unfortunately your gums have to come out."

My ortho basically had me all day. In the morning they took off the brackets (take pain killers, that can hurt). Then they took molds. A couple of hours later I came back for my retainers, my new night time companion. I don't have the bonded wire. I do wear my retainer every night and am expected to...

YEAH!


I hope you'll be as happy with your result as I am with mine.

Mike

I see ribs on the bone, corn on the cob and caramel corn in your near future.....

When I was braced I bought my brushes in bulk at Sam's. Every Sunday night, I'd toss the past weeks and start the week out with a new one.

Seriously.

Someone's getting close. (note not closer)

Some orthos swear no pain, no gain.

Mine's comment was if I can get them through the first week, they'll be good.


Congrats, you're almost there!

I got in the habit of ordering water without ice so I could rinse out as I ate.

I still do.

I thought I'd wish you well and offer a bit of wisdom. Remember during the entire treatment phase this is something you are doing for yourself . Its not being done to you. It is your decision to invest in yourself. No one else will benefit. Enjoy it. (and yes it is possible) There are few opportunit...

Not to hijack..... . Both jaws were advanced 24-26mm. My recovery was very smooth in regards to others but still not easy. One bit of advice I got that I thought was weird was to be as active as possible after the surgery. Walk every day. The night of the surgery I walked the halls several times wi...

OPG:

I find it amazing your ortho wants you to cut down on retainer wear. My ortho is adamant that it is an everyday thing for the rest of my life.

Mike

Worse then is, when they're gone, in some small way, you'll miss them.

How did I do it......? I had no choice. My TMJ was so severe I was living on pain meds to the extent my digestive system was starting to "have issues." I could either live without the meds and keep my digestive system complete as God made it, or live with the pain (which I wasn't really ab...

Hey I wouldn't say anything about terminal ortho patients. You still have a few years before you approach my record....

Remember this is something you're doing for yourself.....not being done to you.....

Stop me if you've heard that before....