How many times to turn expander plate?
Posted: Fri Mar 24, 2017 8:47 pm
Hi everyone,
I'm 32 years old and I've decided to go ahead with orthognathic surgery as I have a severe overbite. I've had braces on twice as a teenager but because I have a narrow overcrowded jaw and significant overbite this is what needs to be done to get the perfect bite. So I've done part one - rapid expander plate surgery (SAME / SARPE) and I've almost completed the turns.
I have to do 35 turns total (I'm up to about 31) and then leave in the plate for a while, then get the braces on while the plate is still in, and then after about a month or so get the plate out.
I cannot wait to get the plate out. I've had it in since my surgery on 16 Feb and I still struggle to pronounce some words. It makes work hard at times - particularly in meetings - as I'm really conscious of my speech sounding odd and of the gap.
On the up side I haven't had any pain whatsoever when doing the turns and that was the part I was most nervous about as I'm turning it myself each day.
Anyway I was wondering how many turns you guys did for your plate if you had it surgically put in? Is 35 turns about normal? I'm sure it differs for everyone but I'm interested to know.
Before having the jaw surgery I had a gum graft for a receding gum (in many ways recovering from that was harder than recovering from the expander plate surgery). Next up is braces and then the big one - double jaw surgery.
It's going to be a long couple of years but I cannot wait to come out the other end and have teeth that connect properly. I also have a very narrow airway so they reckon it'll help with my sleeping too.
Exciting times ahead
I'm 32 years old and I've decided to go ahead with orthognathic surgery as I have a severe overbite. I've had braces on twice as a teenager but because I have a narrow overcrowded jaw and significant overbite this is what needs to be done to get the perfect bite. So I've done part one - rapid expander plate surgery (SAME / SARPE) and I've almost completed the turns.
I have to do 35 turns total (I'm up to about 31) and then leave in the plate for a while, then get the braces on while the plate is still in, and then after about a month or so get the plate out.
I cannot wait to get the plate out. I've had it in since my surgery on 16 Feb and I still struggle to pronounce some words. It makes work hard at times - particularly in meetings - as I'm really conscious of my speech sounding odd and of the gap.
On the up side I haven't had any pain whatsoever when doing the turns and that was the part I was most nervous about as I'm turning it myself each day.
Anyway I was wondering how many turns you guys did for your plate if you had it surgically put in? Is 35 turns about normal? I'm sure it differs for everyone but I'm interested to know.
Before having the jaw surgery I had a gum graft for a receding gum (in many ways recovering from that was harder than recovering from the expander plate surgery). Next up is braces and then the big one - double jaw surgery.
It's going to be a long couple of years but I cannot wait to come out the other end and have teeth that connect properly. I also have a very narrow airway so they reckon it'll help with my sleeping too.
Exciting times ahead