How long did you wear braces before Surgery?
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How long did you wear braces before Surgery?
Im curious. Im not sure when tomexpect my jaw surgery but my doctor said I'll talk to a oral surgeon in the next few months whenever that is.
So how long did you wear braces before your surgery and what was your condition?
So how long did you wear braces before your surgery and what was your condition?
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Re: How long did you wear braces before Surgery?
We'll so far I've been in braces for 2 years and have approx 3 months until surgery (finally), although my progress has been a bit slower due to having to work with an impacted canine and bringing that down into the correct position as well as needing a root canal on that same tooth a year later which halted treatment for about 2-3 months.
**Uppers Braced 18/07/2014**
**Bottoms Braced 17/09/2015**
Double Jaw surgery 11th Jan 2017
Blog - http://jacintasjawsurgery.com
**Bottoms Braced 17/09/2015**
Double Jaw surgery 11th Jan 2017
Blog - http://jacintasjawsurgery.com
Re: How long did you wear braces before Surgery?
I wore braces for 13 months before surgery. It depends how much work they need to do in order to get your teeth aligned. I've seen people only have braces on for 6 months, and others who had braces for 4+ years.
From the time I started all my treatment, it was actually 18 months.
I had a narrow palate, crossbite, I needed upper and lower jaw surgery to correct a class II bite.
From the time I started all my treatment, it was actually 18 months.
I had a narrow palate, crossbite, I needed upper and lower jaw surgery to correct a class II bite.
SARPE: December 19, 2013
Expander out/TPA in: May 13th, 2014
Upper and lower braces: May 21, 2014
Lefort I + BSSO + sliding genioplasty: June 11, 2015
TPA out: December 17, 2015 (due to issues)
Braces off: November 28th, 2016!!!
My blog
My ArchWired thread (last updated November 29th, 2016)
Expander out/TPA in: May 13th, 2014
Upper and lower braces: May 21, 2014
Lefort I + BSSO + sliding genioplasty: June 11, 2015
TPA out: December 17, 2015 (due to issues)
Braces off: November 28th, 2016!!!
My blog
My ArchWired thread (last updated November 29th, 2016)
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Re: How long did you wear braces before Surgery?
It depends. I've had braces since February and I'm getting surgery this week. So 6 months. But I had braces like 10 years ago so my teeth were in pretty good shape.
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Re: How long did you wear braces before Surgery?
Which surgery are you getting? I had my braces put on last Feb and had my sarpe surgery a month later.
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Re: How long did you wear braces before Surgery?
Lefort 1 and BSSO, CCW rotation
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Re: How long did you wear braces before Surgery?
I just had a lefort 1 and bsso and waited a year after my SARPE for the second one. So like everyone said it will depend on your ortho at this point. They will know when you're ready for surgery.
Re: How long did you wear braces before Surgery?
I had braces a while back, so my teeth were relatively straight. I did however have an overbite and my front teeth flared a bit. I was in braces for about 10 months before my surgery. This would have been shorter, but we were closing spaces from extracting 4 bicuspids. (The first time in braces was 5 years)