For those with a lingual bar...and anyone who can answer...

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#1 Post by **raninhas** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 8:32 am

Does flossing get easier?
Next apptm I'll have my impressions taken to a bottom lingual bar.
The thing is, being flossing as hard as it is with just the wire, with the lingual bar it will be near impossible!

Wht do you think? Share your experiences, please!

#2 Post by **raninhas** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 3:01 am

No one? Really?

#3 Post by **SarahLu** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 3:52 am

Hello raninhas,

im not sure what a lungual bar is

i have a nance appliance - is that the same thing or similar?

#4 Post by **raninhas** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 6:17 am

Hi SarahLu...I don't know, but I don't think it's the same thing. Thanks for replying though

#5 Post by **SarahLu** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 7:22 am

Well if it is the same thing, i have had mine in since thursday and have not been able to floss as my mouth is so sensitive. I am also having trouble with eating and with my speech but i am told that this will get better. Once the sensitivity has gone i dont think it will affect flossing as it is against my mouth rather than my teeth - hope that helps?

#6 Post by **raninhas** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 8:28 am

Actually, SarahLu, I've been searching on the net for nance appliances and I think it's the same thing (or really similar).
My ortho told me it would affect my speech a little, and it would be annoying to my tongue. But that I'd get used to it pretty soon.

#7 Post by **SarahLu** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 9:20 am

Yea mine is annoying to my tongue as it constantly rests against it but i am slowly getting used to it.

I have not experienced pain as such, just discomfort and more of an annoyance but im sure our results will be worth it in the end

Good luck!!

#8 Post by **jorx** » Fri Sep 14, 2007 9:16 pm

Hi,

I have both a Nance appliance and a lingual ARCH. The nance is a piece of plastic resting on my palate connected to my molars, while the lingual arch is actually an arch on the back of my lower teeth. I'm not sure if you mean the same thing, in any case flossing is much more difficult with the lingual arch, but besides that, and some tongue sores, it is not a big deal...

The nance is somewhat more annoying, as it interferes with the speech a little bit. But I wore for a few weeks a TPA before getting the nance and, at least for me, it was much worse, specially for my tongue...

#9 Post by **Andantae** » Fri Sep 14, 2007 10:43 pm

I have a lower lingual arch wire, and other than having a little trouble with 'th' and 's' sounds in the beginning, I hardly know it's there. I don't find it adds any difficulty to flossing. The lingual arch rests slightly lower than the gumline on my lower arch.. I also have a TPA and it has never bothered me. I know this appliance gives some people trouble as it irritates the tongue, but mine follows the roof of my mouth quite closely so I hardly notice it.

Andi