Ahhhhhh! Help!!
Posted: Sat Sep 16, 2006 7:55 am
Ok, so this is bitter/sweet news! My surgery is scheduled for October 26th. But I'm freakin' out! Here's a little background: I have impacted canines, both sides, with one of them lying horizontally , and deep in the palet, and the other coming in straight, but not enough room to come down.
So I finally, went to my totally anticipated pre-op appt last Thursday, and left in complete confusion and tears! The Oral Surgeon and the Ortho are not in sync on this thing, and I don't know what to do! I need your advice on this. The OS says no way will these teeth come down, that I should just remove these teeth, and leave the babies there for now, until they fall out, and then put implants or bridges in, and the Ortho seems to be in disagreement, and he's very optomistic that he can bring these teeth down. Now, I know that it's the OS's job to give me the worst case scenario as well, so that I can make an informed decision, and I appreciate it, but now I'm wondering if braces were the right option for me, or if implants/bridges were my only option, after all. I mean, I went to two diff. ortho's who were optomistic, and then twice to my final ortho,before actually going through with it, so I don't understand this at all!
Anyway, so I went on to my apt, and he basically gave me a very slim chance that this surgery will work. And he told me that he'll only perform the surgery if I sign a waiver stating that I'll allow him to remove the teeth if when he's in there, he decides that there's no way these teeth will come down. So this question I ask: Why am I spending all this time and money (out of pocket, cause my insurance won't conver my braces, cause I'm too old), going through the all the aggravation, and then I get to the Oral Surgeon's and get majorly stomped?! Who do I blame? - The Ortho's or the OS's?! What do I do?! I called the Ortho's in tears, and asked to talk to the doctor, but he's at a different location until Monday, so I'm interested to hear what he has to say on this. Maybe I need a second opinion? (But keep in mind, everything's not covered by the insurance, it's out of pocket too $$$!!)
I'm so scared to wake up from my surgery, with no teeth left to work with, and then it would defeat the whole purpose! I mean, hello!!! My teeth are straight! I only got all this metal in my mouth because of my impacted canines!!!!!????????? I'm freakin' out! Ahhhhhh! Help!!
So I finally, went to my totally anticipated pre-op appt last Thursday, and left in complete confusion and tears! The Oral Surgeon and the Ortho are not in sync on this thing, and I don't know what to do! I need your advice on this. The OS says no way will these teeth come down, that I should just remove these teeth, and leave the babies there for now, until they fall out, and then put implants or bridges in, and the Ortho seems to be in disagreement, and he's very optomistic that he can bring these teeth down. Now, I know that it's the OS's job to give me the worst case scenario as well, so that I can make an informed decision, and I appreciate it, but now I'm wondering if braces were the right option for me, or if implants/bridges were my only option, after all. I mean, I went to two diff. ortho's who were optomistic, and then twice to my final ortho,before actually going through with it, so I don't understand this at all!
Anyway, so I went on to my apt, and he basically gave me a very slim chance that this surgery will work. And he told me that he'll only perform the surgery if I sign a waiver stating that I'll allow him to remove the teeth if when he's in there, he decides that there's no way these teeth will come down. So this question I ask: Why am I spending all this time and money (out of pocket, cause my insurance won't conver my braces, cause I'm too old), going through the all the aggravation, and then I get to the Oral Surgeon's and get majorly stomped?! Who do I blame? - The Ortho's or the OS's?! What do I do?! I called the Ortho's in tears, and asked to talk to the doctor, but he's at a different location until Monday, so I'm interested to hear what he has to say on this. Maybe I need a second opinion? (But keep in mind, everything's not covered by the insurance, it's out of pocket too $$$!!)
I'm so scared to wake up from my surgery, with no teeth left to work with, and then it would defeat the whole purpose! I mean, hello!!! My teeth are straight! I only got all this metal in my mouth because of my impacted canines!!!!!????????? I'm freakin' out! Ahhhhhh! Help!!