Hi everyone/anyone who's reading this!
Not much to write about at the moment, ever since the initial swelling went down and the infection of the cheek passing nothing much has been happening. I will be getting braces on the 4th of May, so I am sure I will be writing up about that experience for sure as from what I am told you feel a lot!
One thing that I would like to mention is that, out of the blue, it seemed as though swelling started coming back on the side where the infection was before! I thought the antibiotics didn't take it out completely, and was quite worried. I decided to sleep on it though and wait a few days before potentially getting another round of antibiotics. I'm glad I waited! It thankfully went away on its own in a few days and went back to normal. THEN, swelling seemed to slightly come up on the other cheek! That went away in two days. So, as it stands now, no visible swelling at all!
In terms of nerves and feelings, most of the feeling in the top gums and teeth are back. Previously, I couldn't feel myself brushing the top gums or the teeth, though now I can, that's nice! If I push on my sinuses near my nose I can feel what seems to be a bit of muscle soreness/tension of some sort, but there's no visible inflammation/swelling.
Chewing and all that jazz is completely back to normal in my opinion; I've eaten steak, burgers, chewable vitamins, and peanuts too. I don't think I'd be able to break a jawbreaker just yet though ;)
One of my front teeth have flared out due to the expanding, and because of its movement and expanding of the gums it almost looks as though a "chunk" of the gum is gone, but it's just where the front teeth used to be; it will all go back to normal I was told. So, if anyone is worried and thinking things like gums degrading or some weird infection, it most likely isn't any of those things; it's just caused by the movement of the teeth when you're expanding!
I put a piece of napkin where my gap is to make it look like I have a full smile, I stepped back from the mirror a bit to make it less noticeable that it's a napkin and smiled - it got me really, really excited! I am so happy that I am on my way to a broad, functional smile! :)
If anybody has questions, please feel free to ask me. At the moment, I don't have much to write about so if I'm not answering something you're wondering about please post it in the comments and I'll get back to you.
Cheers everyone!
Hi, how r you? i read you from argentina. I want to ask you a couple of things if this doesn't annoy. How many months -approximate- will you use braces prior to the surgery? And one more: how much is the price of the proccedure? I ask you this because I was finding out for information about your country. In my country there are good surgeons but they offer me a very long time treatment -two and a half years before surgery.
ReplyDeleteThanks beforehand. Good energies and better luck, I'll be following.
Hey Nathaniel!! Hope you are doing well. I'm back at Davis on tuesday and I'm going to get the big news about whats to come, very exciting. I also went to the surgeon and I'm feeling really good about everything right now. Did they say how long before your gap closes? Also did they tell you how long before you would be able to book the surgery? I hear the surgeon books ahead about 8 months. Also what time of year are you looking at booking it around once you have the ok from the ortho?
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ReplyDeleteHey leanleanleanleanleanleandro,
ReplyDeleteI’m good thanks! I will be in braces for about 10 months I am going to estimate, assuming I get them on two months before I get my surgery scheduled and that my surgery will be scheduled 8 months in advance (which is about average for my surgeon).
In terms of cost, most of it is covered by OHIP, our country’s health care coverage. The braces though are not covered and if I re-call correctly it was six or so thousand dollars, and with the surgery the surgeon charges surgeon fees, but I can’t re-call what they are but something is telling me it was around five thousand (that’s for two surgeries).
Depending on what you need done, two and a half years does sound about right, but you need to consider that during those two and a half years most of that time will be waiting for surgeries, you won’t have any different lifestyle. It’s mostly waiting around. The braces are the longest thing in the surgery, and that’s simply because braces naturally take a longer time to do the changes to the teeth they need to do. The surgeries themselves only account for maybe a total of four or so months in that two and a half year timeframe; just recovering from the surgeries and having the swelling go down.
Best of luck with everything!
If you have any other questions please feel free to let me know.
Hey Terra!
ReplyDeleteI’m glad to see you’re happy and feeling good about things and that you’ve had the opportunity to meet the surgeon! In regards to my gap, it hasn’t closed much naturally, but the braces I’m getting on will close it up :). I’m not sure how long it will take but I will ask Davis for sure when I get them on and I’ll let you know. I don’t believe it will take longer than four or so months. For the surgery, I haven’t had the opportunity to book it yet but we will be in July when I see the surgeon next. 8 Months sounds right, as my last surgery was booked in August 10’ and done in February 11’.
I want to have my surgery around the same time (February 12’) because I figure by summer all my swelling will be gone and by mid-summer the braces should be able to be taken off. Plus, it’s a less busy time as everyone wants to do it in the summer for school reasons. I’m planning to swap the semester around really, having the winter as my “summer” and just take courses in the summer.
Let me know what your plan is based on what you hear tomorrow! All the best to you! :)