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SARPE picture progress.. I still hate this gap 4 month later

Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2011 5:57 am
by DivaDeuce007
So here are pics of my mouth from the day before surgery til now....

result of 7 days turning the RPE 2times a day and 4 days of turning the RPE 3times a day... 11 days total 26 total turns... 13mm total expansion from turning alone.... I was told I got about 6-8mm during surgery so that 19-21mm of expansion :(

Re: SARPE picture progress.. I still hate this gap 4 month l

Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2011 6:00 am
by DivaDeuce007
before

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Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2011 6:02 am
by DivaDeuce007
before/day of

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Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2011 6:04 am
by DivaDeuce007
first 2 weeks

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Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2011 6:05 am
by DivaDeuce007
March

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Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2011 6:08 am
by DivaDeuce007
April

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Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2011 6:10 am
by Crazy4Snow
O...................M...................G!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That looks so unbelievably painful!!! I feel for ya.

I'm unfamiliar with this device and the surgery you had, what are they trying to acheive here? Widening of your palette?

Oww, oww and OWWW!

Re: SARPE picture progress.. I still hate this gap 4 month l

Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2011 6:11 am
by DivaDeuce007
getting the RPE out- End of April

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Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2011 6:14 am
by Crazy4Snow
Your bottom teeth look beautiful, when your front teeth come together, your smile is gonna be gorgeous!

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Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2011 6:14 am
by DivaDeuce007
May

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Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2011 6:16 am
by DivaDeuce007
May Pt2.

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Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2011 6:18 am
by DivaDeuce007
June

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Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2011 6:20 am
by DivaDeuce007
June Pt2. I took these today...

Re: SARPE picture progress.. I still hate this gap 4 month l

Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2011 6:25 am
by DivaDeuce007
Crazy4Snow wrote:O...................M...................G!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That looks so unbelievably painful!!! I feel for ya.

I'm unfamiliar with this device and the surgery you had, what are they trying to acheive here? Widening of your palette?

Oww, oww and OWWW!

Surprisingly it wasnt as painful as it looks... However I had A LOT of swelling and discomfort!

The procedure I had done is called Surgically Assisted Rapid Palatal Expansion or SARPE for short. I had the surgery to correct a narrow top jaw. Unfortunately I couldn't even get braces without having this procedure :-\

Re: SARPE picture progress.. I still hate this gap 4 month l

Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2011 4:38 pm
by Minerva
Thanks a lot for the pictures. Please keep up posted.