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My surgeon removed my wisdom teeth and sent me to get braces back in October haven't seen him since. He said itl be 12 months before I can have surgery. It's been 6. I'm just wondering is it normal?

I think that's normal. That's similar to me. I met with my surgeon for a consult in Oct 2015. My next appointment with him is Nov 2016, for the pre-surgery workup.

Your ortho will have you make an appointment with your surgeon when he thinks you're surgically ready, that's when you do the pre-op stuff -- if the surgeon agrees with the ortho.

ZiziOConnor wrote:I think that's normal. That's similar to me. I met with my surgeon for a consult in Oct 2015. My next appointment with him is Nov 2016, for the pre-surgery workup.

Wow same as me. Seems normal then haha

I had a consult with my surgeon before getting my braces and then check ups every 3 months until I was cleared by the orthodontist for surgery. Pre-op was a week before surgery then I saw him regularly for 4 months post op.

Totally normal!

I had SARPE before my braces went on. In June 2014 when it had been 6 months since SARPE and 1 month since braces, I was told it'd be a year before I was ready for surgery. I don't think I saw my surgeon again until the day before surgery.

My case was fiendishly complex, so I had three or four visits just before/just after the braces went on. After that, I didn't see the surgeon until the final "run-up" to surgery. That took two or three visits.