herbst appliance 3/31/2009

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herbst appliance 3/31/2009

#1 Post by retainerjoe »

well, looks like the start of my THIRD round of orthodontic treatment , on tuesday march 31 at 11 am , i'll be getting molds done for a removable herbst appliance , my tmj doc thinks i need it , i'm snoring a bit now an my tm joint gets kinda tender now an then , braces may be down the road agian due to a bit of open gap , seems i have two teeth on top that are moving back up agian , the herbst appliance is suppose to help things move around a bit , i'm hoping this will be the case ,as it may be, an not need a new set of TRAIN TRACKS=+=+=+=+=+= as you all know they would be the third set of braces , has anyone on the site ever had a removable herbst appliance
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#2 Post by Smile (: »

I've had the herbst appliance. Its not too bad at all. I needed to have it because my jaw was so far back and they needed to bring it forward alot, or else i would have had to have surgery. I had it for the first year or so of my treatment ( i just got my braces taken off on thursday! =D) but anyways. the only thing that i didnt like about them was that whenever i ate something sugary, or salty sometimes it would like get stuck in the appliance and it was weird. I also played with them a lot taking them apart all the time.
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#3 Post by retainerjoe »

thanks for the info , i go in a few hours, to get the molds done for my herbst appliance
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#4 Post by Braceschris »

I have a removable herbst appliance. I use it for sleep apena and have done real well with. I have had it for a year now. I did have a sleep study follow up and it does work real well. I was able to go off the CPAP mchine and just use the retainer. If you have any questions just ask. I did start out slowly with adjusting it every few days. I would turn it a half turn each time. Took about two-three weeks to move the lower unit out.

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#5 Post by retainerjoe »

thanks chris , is it very hard to get use to , my orthodontist wants me to try it for six months or so to see how it will do for me , i was told if this doesn't work ,that he would like for me to have surgery done , an AGIAN braces , looks like the is no way out of BRACES agian
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