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10 hour countdown to surgery...up late having my "last" meal. Had a lot of good luck wishes at work today, it did help me feel better. I do think I'm in denial about what all I've got to go through. Just ready to be out of surgery and on the road to recovery! I will post again as soon as ...

ramirezmu8 wrote:

happy teeth wrote:

ramirezmu8 wrote:21 years old. Surgery the 27th 3 piece on top and bringing jaw back on the bottom

damn dude im in the same situation except my surgery is on the 28th. how long have you had your braces on?

oo really? thats cool. ive had them on since june of 09 how about you?

oct 09

ramirezmu8 wrote:21 years old. Surgery the 27th 3 piece on top and bringing jaw back on the bottom

damn dude im in the same situation except my surgery is on the 28th. how long have you had your braces on?

I had sarpe (6/09) and expanded to 10mm. I got my braces on (10/09) and my gap hasn't quite closed yet. I think in another month it should be fully closed.

I wanted to start a thread for those of us who are getting oral surgery in April!! I'm getting double jaw surgery at the end of April to correct an underbite. I'm 22 and I've been looking forward to the surgery for a couple of years now. I've had braces on for a year and a half now and I had SARPE s...

thanks sauerkraut. i appreciate your words

I just had my expander taken out and I've had braces on for about four months. How long will it take for a 10mm gap to close?

I had my SARPE surgery earlier today at around 830 and wanted to lend my experience to those preparing to go through with the surgery. The surgery took around 90 min. and I woke up feeling pretty good. I had a ton of swelling and bruising comparable to what I experienced when I had four wisdom teeth...

AFLeadDog,
Thanks for the reply. I had the same experience when I had my wisdom teeth out- swelling without bruising. So hopefully the SARPE will be comparable. Where are you in the process?

Hey yall,
I'm 20 and I undergoing surgery next Thurs (6/11). I was wondering if anyone could compare the pain & swelling of their SARPE surgery to that of wisdom teeth removal.