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by natim1
Mon Jun 01, 2009 7:43 pm
Forum: Dental Do-dads (Dental Products Q's and Comments)
Topic: What did your ortho "give" you?
Replies: 242
Views: 146670

WOW! My orthodontist didn't give me ANYTHING except a list of acceptable foods and what not. He didn't even go over how to floss or anything (I had no idea how to floss for the longest time). AND, I have to ask for brace wax, and even then, it's not the nice silicone wax, it's the cheap wax that com...
by natim1
Mon Jun 01, 2009 6:15 pm
Forum: Oral (Orthognathic) Surgery
Topic: Open Bite
Replies: 1
Views: 781

Open Bite

I have a 7mm open bite, and am supposed to have leforte surgery on the top and bottom jaws either in December of this year or summer next year (postponed because I broke my alveolar bone a month ago and screwed up my 4 front teeth, probably need root canals now, but that's another story...) I will b...
by natim1
Mon Jun 01, 2009 6:00 pm
Forum: Metal Mouth Forum
Topic: Braces push teeth back up?
Replies: 1
Views: 3690

Braces push teeth back up?

Ok, so I got hit in the mouth, broke the alveolar bone on my upper jaw and screwed up my four front teeth (the very front ones) so that they got moved down and back toward my tongue. I went and saw the oral surgeon and he pushed the teeth back into sort of where they used to be (under anesthesia), b...