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by foxparadox
Mon Feb 04, 2013 4:54 pm
Forum: Oral (Orthognathic) Surgery
Topic: My before and after jaw surgery pictures!
Replies: 38
Views: 24103

Re: My before and after jaw surgery pictures!

omg, you look so great!!! congratulations!
You must be thrilled with how everything turned out :)
by foxparadox
Mon Feb 04, 2013 4:36 pm
Forum: Oral (Orthognathic) Surgery
Topic: Is this a bad result?
Replies: 15
Views: 3818

Re: Is this a bad result?

omg I think you are adorable! I especially love your nose. I think a lot of smiles don't really show a ton of teeth... because it's just not how the face is built. Everyone is different. I know that my surgeon had suggested possibly moving my upper jaw down so I could show more teeth, but I opted ou...
by foxparadox
Mon Feb 04, 2013 1:28 pm
Forum: Oral (Orthognathic) Surgery
Topic: January 2013 Buddies
Replies: 25
Views: 3291

Re: January 2013 Buddies

I'm a little late to join in on this. My surg date was 1/9, lower jaw only. I am wired for 13 more days... :roll: Can't wait to be done! I have been eating a ton of soups (curried pumpkin or lentil or roasted red pepper and tomato) as well as smoothies (protein powder and peanut or almond butter hav...
by foxparadox
Fri Apr 15, 2011 9:37 pm
Forum: Metal Mouth Forum
Topic: Teeth aching next day after food?
Replies: 4
Views: 1318

Re: Teeth aching next day after food?

yeah... I am pretty sure that food is going to be a painful experience for the next year+ lmao. :(
by foxparadox
Tue Mar 15, 2011 10:25 pm
Forum: Oral (Orthognathic) Surgery
Topic: SARPE Surgery
Replies: 1896
Views: 588902

Re: SARPE Surgery

Update: I am getting all my braces on April 14th!!! :D I haven't been on the boards in a while... but I thought I'd throw that out there. I guess since 35ksmile and I both had SARPE at around the same time- (November) and are getting braced at around the same time... that should help people know wha...
by foxparadox
Tue Mar 15, 2011 10:14 pm
Forum: Oral (Orthognathic) Surgery
Topic: SARPE - How much did you expand?
Replies: 3
Views: 1523

Re: SARPE - How much did you expand?

10mm, but I've heard of some people doing up to 13mm. I think anything over that would be crazy... expanders don't even go past that.
by foxparadox
Fri Jan 14, 2011 7:37 pm
Forum: Oral (Orthognathic) Surgery
Topic: SARPE Surgery
Replies: 1896
Views: 588902

Re: SARPE Surgery

A pizza binge sounds heavenly at this point. Thank you for your replies 35ksmile and foxparadox. Chewing harder foods won't mess up how the bones heal? That's the only thing keeping me from quenching my thirst for animal flesh. Haha. I had braces on prior to the SARPE, which seems to be a little un...
by foxparadox
Thu Jan 13, 2011 11:11 pm
Forum: Oral (Orthognathic) Surgery
Topic: SARPE Surgery
Replies: 1896
Views: 588902

Re: SARPE Surgery

dexter, it took about 5 weeks before my surgeon told me i could chew again. it sucked but i got used to it. and totally pigged out on pizza when i could chew again. :) anyway, just got banded today --- but only the lowers. no brackets or wire or anything on my uppers, besides the RPE. my orthodonti...
by foxparadox
Thu Jan 13, 2011 10:53 pm
Forum: Oral (Orthognathic) Surgery
Topic: SARPE Surgery
Replies: 1896
Views: 588902

Re: SARPE Surgery

So I had this surgery 4 days ago and I'm dealing pretty well with it so far. I feel a little sore in the morning, but that's about all the pain I've been experiencing. Just out of curiosity, how long did it take before you guys were allowed to chew again? My surgeon told me to avoid chewing, but he...
by foxparadox
Thu Jan 06, 2011 10:21 am
Forum: Oral (Orthognathic) Surgery
Topic: SARPE Surgery
Replies: 1896
Views: 588902

Re: SARPE Surgery

hey! small update. it's now been nearly 2 months since my surgery. the gap got to 11mm at its widest, and is about 8mm right now. im getting braces on my bottom teeth on jan 12th, not sure if my orthodontist will do anything to my top teeth - he mentioned before that he wants them to move naturally...
by foxparadox
Sat Dec 25, 2010 1:48 am
Forum: Oral (Orthognathic) Surgery
Topic: SARPE Surgery
Replies: 1896
Views: 588902

Re: SARPE Surgery

I figured I would post an update too. :) My ortho put two braces (clear self lig. ones) on just my front two teeth and a power chain/rubber band between them, and they have straightened out and my gap has gone from 10mm to 5mm, thus far. it is moving about 1mm a week. It is a very slow/gentle moveme...
by foxparadox
Sun Dec 05, 2010 5:14 pm
Forum: Oral (Orthognathic) Surgery
Topic: I'm so tired! (Is this odd?)
Replies: 3
Views: 1113

Re: I'm so tired! (Is this odd?)

yeah, I had surgery nearly a month ago (November 8th) and I am still pretty tired. haha. Then again... I'm a grad student and I skip meals like crazy and am always super, super busy... so maybe that has something to do with it. :roll: I'm not too sure. One of my teachers told me that it normal to ex...
by foxparadox
Sat Nov 27, 2010 10:52 pm
Forum: Oral (Orthognathic) Surgery
Topic: why do people have braces before jaw surgery?
Replies: 6
Views: 3608

Re: why do people have braces before jaw surgery?

I'm confused. Why are braces needed one year before jaw surgery can be performed? I don't think they always are. I was told that I'd need braces for a year before getting SARPE... but then they changed it and thought that there might not be enough room in my mouth to move my teeth into place, so I ...
by foxparadox
Sat Nov 27, 2010 10:49 pm
Forum: Oral (Orthognathic) Surgery
Topic: SARPE Surgery
Replies: 1896
Views: 588902

small update... as of half an hour ago i've completed all 40 turns (10mm) of expansion. 0.5mm in surgery, 9.5mm over 19 days expanding. all i can say is so far i'm really happy with the results! my face is a little fuller and it almost seems as though my upper jaw moved forward a bit and slightly c...