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Anybody?

Those little spaces that are created in between the lateral incisors and the canines for the multi-segmental LeFort cuts, how long, on average, does it typically take for orthodontist to close them again after surgery?

This sounds like TADs. What are they trying to accomplish by using these?

As Charlsie142 pointed out. You don't need to have braces before. Some of us have because orthdontists that have treated us in the past tried to correct problems with just braces. If the issues are skeletal, braces can't correct them.

SARPE=Surgically Assisted Rapid Palatial Expansion. In essence expanding the upper palate. Time in braces varies greatly. All depends on what your issues are. A very rough guess for someone who has never had braces before, would be 1-2 years before and 6 months to 1 year after. It could be a lot les...

Having some trouble seeing your pics.

Anyone worked with Dr Roser at Emory or other OS in this general area?

May I ask names of OS/OD?

The hardward used is titanium, some pure titanium some titanium alloy which can have other elements. from my research I have found it is possible for some contamination during manufacturing. There is a company I came across that does metal testing blood panals which can test you for allergies to all...

Thank you! the chart with the definitions does help. I've been given these diagrams with the acronynms but never any definitions.

OM,
Just curious conerning OS you are considereing in costa rica. I recently spoke to OS there - Dr Reiche. The surgery is for my daughter, not myself. May I ask a bit about your situation?

That's another way to think of it. It had not occured to me that it might turn lip out.

That is interesting Arvensis. I have read mostly about upper lip getting thinner with advancement not other way around. There must be some reason for different results. I wonder if OS might be using some type of different technique. I think the name of stitch is YV not YX. Just learning about this.

I keep hearing during consults and reading in reports about something the OS/OD call the AP - Anterior Posterior relationship. Can anyone explain what this is? There is also a ton of other alphabet soup in the computer projections , ANS, PNS etc. If anyone can shed some light on this it would be gre...

Ema,
Can the wire be replaced by your OS or OD?