Hi, I'm so excited that my orth finally took my lower expander (but I think he called it a lingual archwire) yesterday!!!! It feels sooo good to have the bottom of my mouth back! This is the first time in my life that I can feel smooth, straight teeth on the bottom! I had to adjust a little to speech (I was hissing like a snake with my s's)-but I'm free of it! Well, halfway free-hopefully next month is the upper expander! Darn, looks like I'm going to go to 20 months with that thing on. One down-one more to go!
I can't even imagine how excited I'm going to be when all of my braces/appliances are out!
Renee
yay my lower expander came off yesterday!
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I agree with Azalin!!
I've got my pendex in (only moving upper left molars back) and I'm ready to get the roof of my mouth back LOL. The first 2 months didn't hurt AT ALL, but made a nice gap
Then, I went in yesterday for my 1st follow-up and I need more space so my wire got tweaked and the pain is kicking my ass!!!
Can't wait for this part of treatment to be over with! Looks like I've got another 2 months to go then on to braces.
Definitely make sure you have a water pik.
Good luck with the upper!
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I've got my pendex in (only moving upper left molars back) and I'm ready to get the roof of my mouth back LOL. The first 2 months didn't hurt AT ALL, but made a nice gap
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Definitely make sure you have a water pik.
Good luck with the upper!
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Hi, sorry I've been so long!
BlueeyedManda-yeah it was a great surprise! I actually made it to a last minute appointment and he was like, "well since you're here and it's bugging you-I think I'll take it out".
shinyam-I'll let you know when the big one comes out-as well as the rest of the board. I'll try to contain my excitement with the exclamation marks & smilies!!
Azalin-yeah unfortunatley it's been that long and I have a feeling that it's not coming out for at least another month or two
I'm really getting sick of it really bad lately. I want the roof of my mouth back! thanks for the kudos ![Smile :)](./images/smilies/icon_smile.gif)
SamanthaClavier-yours will probably be in the time that they told you it would be in. I kept asking my orth and he kept saying "a very long time"...that's definitely more than 3-6 month talk. I just had a major crowding and crossbite and yes, I'm older and this is probably why it's taking so long. I'm getting better at asking questions at the orth's office-I've had a bit of practice! Of course the same question I keep asking is "when's the big one coming out"....
Indy-thanks for the luck. Yep I have a waterpic and that's helped alot. I still remember the expander pain-not fun! It'll be worth it though. Wow-this is the first time I heard about a Pendex!
Renee
BlueeyedManda-yeah it was a great surprise! I actually made it to a last minute appointment and he was like, "well since you're here and it's bugging you-I think I'll take it out".
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shinyam-I'll let you know when the big one comes out-as well as the rest of the board. I'll try to contain my excitement with the exclamation marks & smilies!!
Azalin-yeah unfortunatley it's been that long and I have a feeling that it's not coming out for at least another month or two
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SamanthaClavier-yours will probably be in the time that they told you it would be in. I kept asking my orth and he kept saying "a very long time"...that's definitely more than 3-6 month talk. I just had a major crowding and crossbite and yes, I'm older and this is probably why it's taking so long. I'm getting better at asking questions at the orth's office-I've had a bit of practice! Of course the same question I keep asking is "when's the big one coming out"....
Indy-thanks for the luck. Yep I have a waterpic and that's helped alot. I still remember the expander pain-not fun! It'll be worth it though. Wow-this is the first time I heard about a Pendex!
Renee