Metal Mouth Message Board

Crazybeautiful: In response to your question regarding more surgery after my SARPE; no, I am fortunate in that I don't have to have any more surgeries. I primarily had this done because the occlusion between my lower and upper jaws was out of alignment - due to my upper jaw being too narrow - and I ...

As I said in a prior post, I had my SARPE on July 22nd, 2009. The RPE comes out this Tuesday, October 27th - a little more than 3 months after the surgery. The OD will place a TPA in and then put on upper braces at that point. From reading all the other posts, it looks like this is actually a fairly...

The following summarizes my experience to date: I had my SARPE on July 22nd, 2009. I was instructed to start turning the RPE 2 turns, 2x/day - once on the morning and once at night - beginning 3 days after surgery. I executed 42 turns in total and generated an 8mm gap by day 10. My orthodontist said...

Avy: Thanks for your reply. I will take your advice and hold on for a while before getting too concerned -- although I suppose it doesn't matter whether I'm concerned or not, it is going to be what it is going to be. That said, I do feel that my dentist, orthodontist and oral surgeon should have bee...

I had lower braces put on in August 2008. After my lower teeth all came together after 10 months, my Ortho set up my SARPE. I had my RPE put in July 16th. I had my SARPE on July 22nd. I finished my expansion (about 8MM, 40 turns) around August 1st. Lots of fun I could have done without. I've read a ...