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Thank u so much Margie, I can't believe the difference. I wish i had got it done in my early teens, but regardless soooooooooooo worth it.

Here are my post braces pics and my mold pics. Just to share my pre-SARPE jaw was actually smaller than what my 5yrs old jaw is right now. http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/3051/image1632.th.jpg http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/8586/image1597.th.jpg http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/5306/09132009175.th....

Hey Ziera, thank u for the warm welcome back. Luckily, i only had the SARPE, although before surgery they had told me, i would need both top and bottom surgeries done about 6 months apart, but my Orthodontist worked REALLLLLLLLY hard to make sure i wouldn't have to go through it. He knew i was reall...

I had mine put on today, both top and bottom. Top one feels fine, it's fixed right on to the back of all 4 front teeth. Bottom one supports my bottom front 6 teeth and it is only attached to 2 teeth, bottom one juts out a little, but not too badly, it's ever so slight. In NY, top retainer costs arou...

Hi Jenny101101, thank you for the compliments!! Yeah, i can't believe it either! I sent my Orthodontist an email that same night and he had his office call me the very next day (amazing office, LOVE them and recommend them to everyone in NY) so that he could take a look at me again. He called me in ...

and here are my pics from the 1st year of treatment: http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/3734/sept60717wksgv3.th.jpg http://img458.imageshack.us/img458/4759/aug507br9.th.jpg http://img452.imageshack.us/img452/1039/4w3djune907ct8.th.jpg http://img452.imageshack.us/img452/6990/may12607fb6.th.jpg http:/...

Hey there everyone, I'm almost at the end of my journey, i started my journey in March 2007, had my SARPE on April 13th 2007 for a class iii maloclussion and am very pleased with the results. I get my braces off on the 11th of Sept and am sooooooooo excited!! I'm uploading my first set of pics that ...

Hey there everyone, Back after a long time, was just checking the site for some questions i wanted answered. I initially posted pics on pg 46 of this topic and i am now at the very end of my treatment it seems! I will be having my braces removed in 2 weeks and am soooooo excited. The changes since t...

Quick update for you, which is WAY overdue! So after this last post i saw my OS, who said i do have slight clinical asymmetry, I'm the only one who seems to be aware of it though. My treatment is over in 2 weeks and i am ecstatic that i don't have to go through a second surgery and that my teeth are...

i'm about your age too and if anything have had nothing but empathy from my colleagues, most of whom had braces in their teens. First few days are rough, i had a huge thumb size gap between my 2 front top teeth after my SARPE and it took almost a whole year for it to close. Only strangers and childr...

Hey, i had the SARPE & learnt 2 late that my expansion was asymmetrical. I was swollen from the surgery still & had more swelling on the side that expanded more. I was only able to tell after the swelling had gone down a month later. My braces did help, but i still see it, even though my lov...

yes, it does make ur cheekbones a little more prominent. It may also expand ur nose slightly. I had a SARPE done Apr '07 and mine turned out 2 b a little asymmetrical. I would just b aware of something like this b4 going ahead with it. Its more worst case scenario, i'm sure, but had i known that it ...

Shani, I hope your doctors find u a remedy for u're sinus situation, it really does seem to be a nuisance, i'm sorry & hope it gets better for u. That definitely sounds like a sinus cavity issue & must have happened during surgery. I called my OS (He told me last time i saw him, i wouldn't n...

Tried to put this in the SARPE topic, but it wouldn't let me, kept saying DEBUG MODE. I had my surgery April 13th 07, still have my expander in (should be coming out next month), still have a gap (closing slowly, but surely), getting work done on the bottom right now. My ortho is trying to move my b...

Hey there every1! Hope u're all doing well. Been sooo busy lately, not had a chance to get on here. Expander is still in, might be coming out next month, powerchains & spring bottom teeth, 2 bicuspids are moving back slowly. I had one question, i noticed that my palate expansion might be a littl...