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The trip to the oral surgeon was interesting, I think I saw him for a whole 5 minutes but in reality the whole visit lasted an hour with one of the hygienists giving me the outline of what was to come. The procedure is the what seems to be standard BSSO, they want to pull all four wisdom teeth which...

Thanks guys for the suggestions, I will post again after the consult.

Regards

Tim

Hi, I have just made it to the surgery consult stage and I have an appointment for this Friday. My lower jaw needs moving forward, I have some idea's for questions to ask but I am sure that there is much wisdom out there that I could use, so please help me out. My initial list would include: What ty...

Hi Lisa, Tactless little j..k, I trust he did not get a tip. As an ex pat from the UK now living in Canada for the last 11 years, it is noticeable that the worst teeth usually belong to a Brit when you look at professional people that have made the move to Canada. I am in a similar position to you, ...

No quicker but sooooo much cheaper!

I actually tie my floss on, the small knot goes easily between my teeth, I am going to try the twist, thanks for the tip.

Hi SS07, There is no magic bullet in terms of time, I was told by the first ortho I saw in Montreal, West Island that my initial treatment would take 6 months then a jaw surgery and six months to finish. The next one I saw said 9 months to a year then surgery, the last one said 12 to 18 months then ...

Hi Bellita, I had a 2mm gap between my front two teeth when I started treatment back in March 2007. The first wire did nothing for closing the gap, general alignment improvement was the first objective. After 8 weeks the wire was changed and an elastic chain was put across the front 4 teeth, my orth...

I started at 48 this March, big 50 next June and hopefully by then heading for completion. After 5 months I can say it's no big deal but I wish I had started earlier. Anyway, the second 50 years will be with great teeth and no headache's!!

Tim

Hi to all, Progress so far, initial wires were replaced with 16 by 22 at my first adjustment in May after 8 weeks. A chain was added across my top 4 to close the gap between my front 2. Five weeks later, Tuesday this week both wires were replaced with 18 by 25 and a new chain fitted. Looks like the ...

Hi Kerry, I think that I am about the same as you, maybe 12 months with braces, lower surgery to bring lower jaw forward by 6 to 8mm, continue with braces for another 6 months then fixed bonded retention top and bottom with a removable retainer on top for a while. I have a more pronounced chin which...

Hi Bambulka, You may think your lower teeth were perfect but your perfectly formed archwire thinks not! Do not worry, it will all be fine, I am seeing changes after a month, some that I expected, ie right direction, some wrong direction. If your ortho has positioned the brackets correctly then all w...

Interesting, Canada seems a tad more expensive, I'm paying $7100 cdn, Montreal West Island. My lowest quote was 6300, the next was 6600 to 7000 and the one I went with was 7100. I do not normally go with the most expensive quote for anything but this ortho instilled the most confidence in me. In US ...

Male, almost 49, originally from Hampshire UK, then Kent, now in Montreal, braced for the first time on 15th March 2007.

Hi Mikecl, I had 3 consults and I got progressively more detail from each one. I had a good idea what to expect in terms of the detail plan after the 3rd consult, I chose that ortho because I felt he was being more honest about complications than the other 2. The most detail did not come until the r...

Hi,

Stick with the flossing, I use a threader with standard floss, it was taking me 20 minutes + to begin with, after 3 weeks I am now under 8 mins complete.

I am really looking forward to a wire change sometime so that I can just have a minute to do a normal floss!!

Tim