Metal Mouth Message Board

Yarr , congratulations on a successful surgery! One of the things I've noticed is that there are as many different post-surgery procedures as there are Oral Surgeons. Elastic Bands ... I wouldn't worry if you weren't banded while others were ... that just means that your Surgeon didn't feel it nece...

Okay, it's now 10 days post-surgery #2 where the Surgeons performed a revision to the BSSO that I had on 13 March 2007. This time around they went back in and removed the titanium plates and screws, rotated the lower jaw a couple of more millimeters to the right, moved the jaw forward a millimeter o...

Brace_Face_2006, You've got some very nice movement going on there ... well done! With 10 weeks or so behind you already, you'll be hearing those oft-longed for words before you know it --- "I think we'll be removing your braces next visit." :lol: -Bill http://semper-braces.blogspot.com/

Yeah, I read that but decided to "experiment" on one of them. With the gel packs inside the "jaw bra" they never really got too hot.

Worked like a charm.

kate0310, Not sure if you're having both upper and lower jaw surgery and/or a genioplasty but that will certainly have an impact on your decision. I had my first BSSO and genioplasty on 13 March. For that surgery my Sister came up to Virginia from Mississippi and stayed the first week with me. I cer...

Agentzero, Great to hear your recovery is going so well. I swear, the most nerve wracking part of this whole experience is the time leading up to it. After the surgery it's all gravy (pun kinda intended :) ). Almost one week post surgery, like you, and I'm still in tight elastics. My first post surg...

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So April 3rd I went back to the hospital for a revision to the BSSO I received on 13 March (exactly three weeks ago to the day). The surgeons removed the titanium plates and screws, rotated my jaw another 2 mm or so to the right, moved the jaw forward a smidgen, and then put in new titanium plates a...

You and me are surgery buddies! I had my second surgery April 3rd as well. What a great feeling to be on the other side! My hospital stay was uneventful. My breathing tube was removed while I was in the recovery room and I had no problems taking in fluids or urinating soon after I awoke. I was walki...

Absolutely right Meryaten. I do think it'd make a good starting point, however, as it provides a ready-made list of doctors and oral surgeons that can then be researched independently by dufficat.

-Bill
http://semper-braces.blogspot.com/

I had my surgery in Northern Virginia but it was conducted at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda. You might want to check out the Dr. Oogle web-site (the link is below). It has a listing of approximately 65+ Oral Surgeons in the Northern Virginia / Washington DC area. The web-site has pat...

EARL , I agree with Delag in that you may have initially started your ortho journey due to cosmetic reasons but the reality may well be that there are functional bite issues that need to be corrected. Now that you have the initial plan I recommend getting back in touch with your OS so he can addres...

pk_girl, From my experience (BSSO and genioplasty on March 13th), the stress leading up to the surgery was worse than the actual recovery. Yeah, there's swelling and sleeping issues to be dealt with, but other than a bit of discomfort from being tightly banded the first week, there was no pain to sp...

Excellent! Many thanks Delag.

-Bill
http://semper-braces.blogspot.com

nvcarissa,

Great news that your Ortho visit went as well as it did today! Hang on to those positive thoughts.

-Bill
http://semper-braces.blogspot.com/