Metal Mouth Message Board

It does get better. I have had mine in for about 3 months now (see rant below). I drooled all over myself for the first week and tried not to talk. After about the first month my speech improved a lot. After 3 months my speech is back to normal. The only word that is difficult for me now is E. My ra...

Maybe I should check with a few more Oral Surg. He will not do the surgery in his office.

I know the price is going to be very different for everyone but my appointment it not until the end of Feb. and I would like to get some what of I ideal of what the price might be. Could some of you tell me how much you SARPE Surgery was. I am sure my ins. is not going to pay for any of the surgery,...

So I went to the Ortho today and he tied it off so that it could not move anymore. We are just going to hold off for six weeks to see if the pressure will go ahead and break. Do you think this will work or am I prolonging the inevitable?

I agree I am going to wait untill Tomorrow and see what they say. I really hope I don't have to have surgery.

I see my Ortho on Mon. so I only have 3 more turns on my expander until I see him. The problem is that it is getting really hard to turn. This morning it bent the key just a little. As far as my background I am trying to expand the top without surgery and next week will be the third week. I have had...

Thanks I see my Ortho on Mon. so we will see what he has to say. I guess I am just a little inpatient.

I have found this board very helpful. So I would first like to say thanks to everyone that has posted. I had my expander installed about 2 1/2 weeks ago and I turn the key once day. I did not have surgery (yet) my ortho wanted to see if we could move it with the expander first. I have read about the...