Metal Mouth Message Board

:) Hi there - I feel your anxiety about what in the world does the ortho mean by SOME months.....I got the same kind of answers during my 3 year course of orthodontia too. Unfortunately, each of us is individual in how we (or our teeth, I should say) respond to braces and move in the direction the o...

:) Ditto for what every other poster said. It's your mouth, oral alignment, and in the end the aesthetics of the surgery should be pleasing to you. I've been told that many oral surgeons are the PERFECTIONISTS and mine recommended both maxillar reduction (Le Fort osteotomy) and mandibular advancemen...

:D Ditto for what all the other posters said. I'm an academic and clinical instructor at a state university and I talk A LOT all day long to students, clients, other professionals on the phone, etc. Speaking will get easier over time and with practice, but those who said hydration is important are s...

:D Hello all my fellow TPA club members!! Glad to see most everyone is actually doing very well with their TPAs. I've had mine in for one month as of Oct. 25th, and I can't say that life is completely wonderful with it. Maybe it's my age......I'm 45, and been in braces for almost 3 years, had upper/...

:D Hi - I have to agree with mjbusch...since getting treatment for my TMJ problems, I've actually found my thinking to be much clearer because through bite splint therapy, braces, OS, etc. for the last 4 years, my TMJ pain in my jaws, face, head, neck and back has pretty much disappeared. Chronic pa...

:D Hi ladyg....boy, do I feel your agony related to the TPA. I've had mine on for a little over 2 weeks, and still having some discomfort - although lessening from what it was. Hang in there....the gagging sensation WILL lessen over time. I'm even having less difficulty swallowing pills; actually th...

:D Hi freakyteeth & fellow Michigander :lol: What part of MI are you from? I live pretty much right in the center of the lower penisula. I had a TPA put on about 2 weeks ago, and I'm just now starting to have pain-free episodes..........I wanted to just cry when it was first put on....felt like ...

:) Hi there - I would recommend that you try to take off as much time as you can possibly get. I am an instructor at a university teaching students various clinical methods related to the field of speech therapy. Sometimes my job involves sitting at a desk for long periods, walking to client rooms t...

:D Hi there - as soon as I returned to work (2 weeks after upper/lower jaw surgery), I was wearing makeup again. There were still parts of my face that were tender and/or numb, so I was just very careful not to rub the makeup or face lotion in to hard. Be delicate with your application, but I don't ...

:D Hi John - hang in there guy, and if you really, really want to improve your quality of life and believe that jaw surgery would benefit you, then by all means, GO FOR IT!!!! I had upper, lower, and genio done for a protruding maxilla, and underdeveloped mandible leading to severe TMJ problems for ...

Thanks! I'll try to be more patient........I'm just so tired of 4 years of treatment and discomfort every step of the way.

Katie A

:( Hello all - I'm new to this board and look forward to hearing from others about their experiences and plan to share my own as well, if it will help someone else going through orthodontia, upper/lower jaw surgery, bite splint therapy for TMJ disorder, etc. Right now though I have a question for ot...