Metal Mouth Message Board

Hi Billie & Brandy, Billie, I actually had very little to no bruising. I was quite surprised by that & was fully expecting to have much more bruising. I'm 30, so maybe that has something to do with it but I don't think that it does. Obviously, the younger and healthier you are the better the...

Hi Jane, That's interesting that they would charge your insurance company one amount and you another if you were to pay cash. I bet the insurance company wouldn't like to hear that. So, with the exchange rate it soundsthe cost is pretty much the same. I've forgotten though if you are getting upper a...

Hi Kimmielou, Sounds like you had quite an ordeal all those years ago. I'm glad to hear though that after all that you're still happy with the results. I think a lot has changed over the last 15 years. I remember a fellow student in junior high going through jaw surgery & it was very difficult f...

Hi there, I was a year and one month almost exactly when I had my surgery. I was told to expect 12 -15 months after the braces were on. I did have a lot of movement needed for my teeth to be ready though, maybe yours just didn't need to move as much? If you're really concerned, I would just call the...

Wow, you're lucky that insurance will cover you for the surgery. Mine was totally out of pocket. I heard my checking account say "ouch" when I wrote the check. I was told by my surgeon's office that they haven't seen a Cdn dental insurance company cover it. I guess that's one thing the Sta...

Hi all! Nahky, I think you're very wise to keep at the exercising, bothat the gym and the ones your doing for your jaw. I started going to the gym a year before my surgery & have gained a lot of strength & lost about 40 lbs. I have more to lose but it was a good start (I don't think the 13 l...

Hi Meryaten, I'm glad that you've found my posts helpful. Honestly, any questions that you have, I'd be happy to help if I know anything. I think the more information you can have to prepare for something like this the better. The other day I read about someone who had exrecised their jaw muscles pr...

Hi Jane, I'm glad to hear that your surgery isn't going to be that extensive & I'm sure you will heal even faster than I did in that case. As for your fiancee taking time off work: Marc took 4 days, I had the surgery on a Tuesday & he took Tues - Fri off. He didn't really need to take Tuesda...

Hi Brandy, The numbness in my lower lip and chin are still very present. It gets better at times. So, I'm confident that the feeling will come back. I know that it some people it can take a long time, like 6 - 18 months & some people never get the feeling back but everything would still be funct...

Hi Brandy, I didn't have any problems with TMJ or really much of anything. I just knew from the time I was a young girl that I needed braces - it was very obvious & the few times that family could afford to take me for a cleaning the dentists would sit my parents down and tell them I needed exte...

Hi all, I don't know what the surgery costs in the UK or Ireland, butI just had mine done in Canada & it was pretty pricey - $7000 cdn. I had upper and lower done. I know everyone thinks in Canada that everything is paid for & we have a great medical system. I think on the whole that it's pr...

Hi everyone, Brandy, I just wanted to say that I thought it was interesting you mentioned that you were doing the jaw surgery/ braces to correct sleep apnea. I was trsted for that, and though I don't have it - I did snore quite badly before I got my braces on. I think it did open up my air passages ...

Hi Billie, I totally know what you mean. People would always ask why I was getting the surgery done, what it was going to do for me & so many other questions & comments that were unwanted. THe best one was that my husband's best friend's wife kept telling me, "Wow! That's really going t...

Hi again, I'm not sure if I mentioned, but I did have upper and lower jaw surgery. My upper jaw was very narrow so they expanded it and I had an over bite on top, so it got moved back a bit. My lower jaw needed to be moved ahead a bit, and I'm not sure but I think it was too wide. Anyway, I think it...

Hi Lucy & Carissa, No, I have not tried the nose strips. I guess I thought they were mostly for snoring. I have been having luck with antihistamines, especially the drowsy ones that knock me out for a good 4 hours so I can sleep better at night. I might give the strips a shot though. What could ...