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skittley80, Here's some irony for you: most people UNDER the age of 19 should NOT have orthognathic surgery, since their bones have not stopped growing. I already tried explaining this to them but the person on the phone didn't care to hear it. She said it's an exclusion and there is nothing she co...

Hi all.. Well I haven't posted here in a long time.. I started my braces journey in July of 2006 in preperation for Orthognathic surgery. I met with a surgeon at that time and went through the whole insurance bit and got my surgery approved. At the time I was still married to my ex and was on his in...

Hi again, Thanks everyone for their replies, I feel much better now. The ultimate goal of my braces are to straighten and prepare me for jaw surgery. I will be having upper and lower hopefully later this year. My bite is very bad lol. The ortho said i would be in braces for 18 months prior to jaw su...

Hey everyone, I've been braces for about 9 months and 1 week. I don't know if i'm getting frustrated or what, but it seems that my ortho hasn't done much of anything with my teeth in these 9 months. For the last few months he has been trying to push apart two of my teeth to make room for one that wa...

Hello everyone, I have 2 teeth that my ortho was pushing apart with a spring, well I guess they finally moved far enough because the wire fell out of the back band and I'm not sure what to do. Should I snip the wire, or just leave it. It's not poking me or anything since it's bent and just hanging c...

Hey all, I was wondering if anyone could give an estimate based on pictures, for how long until I can have my surgery. My ortho hasn't really said, he gave me an initial estimate of 18 months prior to surgery and then 6 months after. Well it has been 7 months. My top arch is ready, but it wasn't too...

Yes, Meryaten, that is exactly what I meant, didn't know how to explain it.. so they can fix it with the wire alone? That's good news

Well here are my progress pics.. I've been braced now for 6 months. Just had my 3rd adjustment yesterday, got a thicker wire and the bottom, and also a spring thingy between two of the teeth to make room for a tooth that needs to get in line. On a side note, I made another post about how the ortho w...

Hi everyone. I haven't posted in a while, but I have a question. I have been braced for 6 months now, and my progress is going pretty good. I had my 3rd adjustment yesterday and got a thicker wire on my bottom teeth, and also a spring thingy between two of my teeth that need to be pushed apart to ma...

Hey all, I was just wondering for the people who are having jaw surgery, what are you reasons? I'm going to be having it next summer and today my boss was asking me about it. And one of his questions was: Is this surgery necessary or is it for cosmetic purposes? I was kind of stumped as to how to an...

Hey all, I haven't posted in a while, but I've had my braces for about 5 months now and i have a weird pain that i have no idea what it is. It first happened about a month ago. I was eating lunch and when i opened my mouth i felt my jaw feel funny, so as I began chewing I felt a really weird feeling...

Hi all, I have a question.. I'm having a hard time making a decision about this. I will be having upper/lower/genio in about 6 months or so. My current surgeon is great, he did the surgery for my wisdom teeth and he was wonderful. However, the problem I have with him is that he doesn't take my insur...

Hi hun.. I'm having an MRI tomorrow and I asked when I made my appointment and the tech said it would not be a problem.. I also do not understand how it is NOT a problem, but that is what they say. I'm getting a scan on my head, the pituitary gland, so it really doesn't make much sense.. But anyway,...

Hey all, I had an adjustment and my ortho said my gums are imflamed and I need to brush more. (Yes I was slacking on the care on my teeth) So I was wondering if my routine i'm doing now is ok and also if my gums will get healtier if i keep doing this. Morning when wake up Brush with regular tooth pa...

Hey All, I have been braces for about 2 and half months.. The last 2 times i brushed my teeth the gums at my front 2 teeth have bled. Does anyone know what is going on?

Thanks in advance