Welp, I couldn't find anyone who had their gap only last a month
Even the poster above, who had their gap immediately power-chained after expansion, took about 2 months to close. That's not including the time they had a gap while they were expanding (including that it would be 2.5 months).
It looks like in most cases the surgeon/ortho want to wait for the bone to heal a bit before they start closing the gap, so the 3-4 month average seems much more likely.
My gap is pretty massive. It was at about 12mm last I checked. (I expanded to 13mm and it took a month of turning to get there!) Wax didn't work because the gap is too big, but fortunately, my ortho's office made an impression of the space the day I stopped expanding, and had a false tooth ready for me two days later. It looks somewhat weird to me, but less weird than the gap.
With the gap, whenever I had to open my mouth to talk to a cashier or server, there would be this quick expression of shock, like they totally weren't expecting my Spencer's Halloween teeth I've got going on.
At least I'm not getting that reaction with the fake tooth. I'm supposed to go in every 2 wks to have it shaved down to keep enough room for my teeth to come together.
I had my upper archwire and a powerchain put in the same day as the fake tooth, so my gap is already starting to close. But, I know it's going to take a while! I've got just about twice the space to fill as the poster above, so I'm expecting anywhere from 2-4 months for it to close from this point. Maybe longer. I'll keep an eye on this thread, and post back when the gap is closed so future SARPE folks can have an idea of what they're getting into
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