Metal Mouth Message Board

its a piece of pie this braces thing!!! for me the scariest part was going into surgery to start the jaw expanding process. to be honest, i worked myself up for nothing... yea i was a bit swollen for a couple of weeks, but it wasnt half as bad as i thought it would be. Braces so far; havent needed w...

nice work - got any before and after pics, im always amazed at the difference.

ive got about 12-18 months to go with one bit of surgery thrown in there somewhere, loving what is happening so far

hey chicago he likes to keep it in there longer than norm, he works on bring the teeth around and have them perfectly lined up, he has found in the past that there is less likely hood of relapse. the way i see it is whats an extra couple of months, it could be out in 9 or 12, im not fussed. one thin...

ok the orginal post should say rarely been in pain :) hopefully that doenst put anyone off :) thanks daffodil - the tops had braces on them for a bit longer, due to sarpe and one massive gap, but the bottoms its been 8 weeks, i didnt realise how much they had moved until i took that photo. im soo pu...

hey all been a while since ihave posted in this thread. Sarpe went well and has now been 5.5 months sincei i finished expanding. still got the expander in and could so for up to 12 months. my ortho prefers to keep it in as along as possible to stop relapse, ive read on some peoples replies that they...

just had my second adjustment, its amazing how much things change in the space of a short time. the thing is you dont notice on a day to day basis, but stuff is happening. I look at photos from the begining (prior to having sarpe) and i just cant wait for process to finish as im so excited. anyway f...

Hey CB everything went well and the recovery was a breeze, frist few days turning was a bit hard, i had to really will myself to do it, then you realise it aint to bad. should pretty crappy having to go through it again, im hating having this device in my mouth, but know it will be worth it. good lu...

Hey there im on the other sidenow, had braces put on my top teeth on tuesday after having sarpe 4 weeks ago. looks as if the gap isclosing up nicely (and quickly). Will be getting my bottoms on after my sisters wedding as im getting metal down there. need to look half normal for the wedding photos :...

Morning All ok, had a 3 week check up yesterday and i have stopped expanding for now. the orthodontisit said something about letting my teeth settle, not sure what he meant by that. ive updated my blog, there is a pic of the gap there. i maybe getting braces on my top 6 teeth to help start closing t...

hey, i was 7 days post op yest so have updated my blog with some photos http://sarpe-and-braces.blogspot.com/2009/09/7-days-post-op-and-11-activations.html I had a hit of cricket on tuesday night and felt great! Can i just say anyone stressing about the surgery... DONT!!! I had 5 teeth ripped out an...

hey alll just thought id let you know how it went. the surgery was fine and the first 24 hours were pretty easy. got a heap of swelling days 2,3,4 and i mean a heap, top lip is what is annoying me the most. some movements feel funny, and scare the crap out of me, but other than that im all good. its...

cheers people. the expander has been fine, i had a few of the boys laugh at me at cricket training last night, trying to give advice when you can barely say a word is very frustrating. all in all it wasnt to bad just waiting on the cab now to take me to the hosp. ive quickly updated the blog, sorry ...

and the count down is now.

get my expander on in 1.5 hours, and waiting for the hosp to call for my surgery time tomorrow...

its an arvo (aussie slang for afternoon) operation wish it was morning iprefer to get his stuff out the way.

GC

colorpruple - if you are not happy with what your OS is telling you, or you need confirmation, I would suggest getting a second opinion from another one. you could ask for advice here, but id suggest that 99% of the people on here have gone through the procedure and have adviceon how to cope, but no...

http://sarpe-and-braces.blogspot.com/ Hey there just about to start my treatment process. operation is on wednesday for wisdom teeth and sarpe. will be interesting to see how i pull up after the op. im sure ill be fine. anyway, hopefully my experience can help others that are going to make this cho...