BIG update

Hi everyone! 

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Sorry if this post is really long, i have alot to try and remember, and i'm sorry again if i ramble on...

Where to start...

I've had a few appointments which i need to update you all on. Starting with the ortho appointment i attended on the 12th march which was only a quick one. This was just to get everything ready for my surgeon appointment i had booked for 23rd April.  

I had more molds of my teeth done and some pictures taken of the inside of my mouth.  

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After a few more weeks of waiting i finally headed to my surgeon appointment with my mum. My appt was a 20min slot booked in for 2pm. In the waiting room i was getting so nervous! I haven't been that nervous since my driving test last November. Every time i heard the door that the nurses come out of to call a patient in i was constantly looking up waiting for my name to be called. This went on for another 30mins. Finally at just gone 2.30pm i was called in and taken into a side room with my Orthodontist Mr. Dibiase, my surgeon Mr. Mckenzie and another surgeon i had never met until now, Ms Coutts. As i sat down it was clear why i had gone in a bit late as they were debating if they should operate on my top jaw or not. I sat on the dentist chair in the middle of the room, all three consultants watching my every expression deciding on what to do. My surgeon Mr.Mckenzie got up and moved the dentist chair down so he could have a proper look at my jaw where he felt around the top jaw deciding if he were to operate, how much would he move my top jaw by. About a minute later he put the chair back up and sat on the desk opposite me and next to my mum, with Ms.Coutts to the left of me and Mr.Dibiase to my right. They all decided after that, that operating on my top jaw could possibly age me a bit, as they would only move it  by less than 2mm and there could be a chance that my top lip could sag. Ms.Coutts explained to us that when someones talking you should be able to  see their top teeth and that if they moved my top jaw by 2mm and my top lip was to sag then you wouldn't be able to see my top teeth at all. So it was agreed that they wouldn't be doing my top jaw. We then decided that they would be moving the lower jaw forward as planned and get me back a year later to do a Genioplasty. Then they all  looked over at each other double checking that i was 'ready to go' and this was the moment when my surgeon turns to my mum and i and told us that it will all be done in roughly 4-5 (at this point i expected him to say months being on an NHS waiting list) weeks!!!!!

 SO HAPPY! 

They then wanted me to have another new side x ray taken and told me that i just need to get booked in with him again for what they call a 'work up clinic' which his secretary will arrange

  for me,where he will go into more depth about the op with me and take lots of measurements. My next ortho appt was already booked in for 14th may and Mr.dibiase said he would write in my notes for hayley (who usually deals with my braces) to put on my surgical hooks at that same appt.  

My mum and i headed down the corridor of the max fax unit so i could have the x ray done. When i came out  of x ray room, Mr.dibiase caught up with me and told me not to wear my elastics that i'v been wearing 24/7 and just to wear them at night from now on. He then said 'i'll you after surgery'. At that point it hit me. Im actually doing this! I turned around to my mum and we were both so excited and i had the biggest smile on my face but then all of a sudden tears rolled down my face as it hit me again and i realized i'm actually quite scared at the same time. Such a weird feeling being really excited but scared at the same time, but i cant wait to see my results!! 

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Yesterday i had my appointment to have my surgical hooks put on (i will be uploading a picture as soon as i'v taken one) which i'm finding quite uncomfortable at the moment. I'v been booked back in for another ortho check up with hayley on the 15th july 'regardless' of if i'v had my surgery or not. Hayley also put in a reminder to my surgeon's secretary to book me in for my 'work up clinic' appt as this is something she will have to do. So now its just a case of waiting for that appointment to come through which i'm hoping wont be too long. 

*crosses fingers with a HUGE smile*  

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Just a quick post...

   Hi everyone! 

I know i haven't posted in 5 months or so as i've only had a couple of orthodontist appointments since the last update which has just been getting me ready for my surgeon appointment, which was almost 2 weeks ago now. I now have another ortho appointment tomorrow morning.

                            As soon as i've had this appointment i will be posting a very BIG update! :)

excited to tell you all :) 

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Finally...an update :)

Hi everyone,

I finally have my laptop back so i can update you all on whats been going on! :) 

My last post was back in June following my 2nd adjustment appointment.

Since then i had my 3rd adjustment appointment on the 23rd August, where the last stage of wire was fitted in on the bottom as they had finally caught up with the top.  

My next appointment was a month ago now on 23rd October.

This was a 10 min appointment which then turned in to a 2 hour appointment.

I was called in for my appointment on time and as Hayley checked over my teeth (the lady who i usually have at my appointments) said she was just going to get Mr. Dibiase to come over and check my teeth.

He then came in and checked them and then my 2 hour appointment began as he sat me up and told me...

I'M READY FOR SURGERY!!!! 

He then got Hayley to take new moulds and do new x-rays.

For the moulds, they had to take half my brace off, so that all i had on my teeth were the brackets.

After the moulds were taken i was handed a hand held mirror as the mould mix was everywhere!

As i looked in the mirror at my teeth without the wire i could not believe how lovely and straight my teeth were. I was then shown to the x-ray room where they did a full side x-ray and i was then shown back to the waiting room while my moulds were taken to the max fax lab to processed straight away.

Half an hour later i was called back into the max fax unit with Hayley to have my wires fitted back into my braces. They told me the only thing they needed to do now was try and move my lower jaw back a bit more, so that both my lower back teeth and top back teeth touched when i bite down. I have been given elastics for this that go from my lower front teeth upto my top back teeth on each side. I have to wear these constantly, only to be taken off when eating and brushing my teeth and they have to be changed twice a day. Also while Mr.Dibiase was there i mentioned to him that since my top teeth have moved back, i have noticed especially in pictures of me laughing, that it has given me a gummy smile. He then asked  me to give him a 'wide smile' and agreed with me that the top jaw also has to be done.

 I'm now going to have both lower and upper jaw surgery and a genioplasty.

I have now been booked back in for a 1 month follow up for Tuesday 27th november and then a joint ortho/surgeon appointment for 23rd April 2013! :) 

I still can't believe that i haven't even had my braces on year yet and i'm ready for surgery.

I couldn't be happier! :) 

Sorry its taken so long for me to update you all.

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Updates

Hi everyone,

I'm so sorry i haven't posted since June,  i have so much to update you all on!

 Since June i have had another 2 appointments...an adjustment appointment back in august and my last appointment which i had yesterday which i'm so excited to tell you all about! :)

I'm hoping to post updates on these last 2 appointments within the next week or so, as at the moment i am currently posting from work on my lunch break 

 as my laptop had to be sent off a few days ago to be repaired so i am just waiting for it to be delivered back  to me :(  

                                           but i will try and update you all as quick as possilble :)

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Orthodontist appt update

I had my 2nd adjustment appt today and i'm a bit disappointed that i didn't see Mr.Dibiase again as the clinic was running late so i saw a lady who i have previously seen once before when i broke my brace back in December. I now have the last stage of wire in on my top teeth, also now along with elastics on to close the extraction gaps. The bottom teeth have abit of catching up to do, as today the second to last stage of wire was put on. While i was there i asked if they could roughly tell how long it would be until i was put onto a waiting list for surgery and was told that once my bottom teeth have caught up with the top and everything perfectly straight and there are no more gaps they will take moulds again and fit them together to see how my teeth would look after surgery. Once they have those moulds and are happy with them is when they will place me on waiting list. 


My next adjustment is booked for 21st august and i will be having the last stage of wire and elastics placed in on the bottom :) 

I will try and get another picture of my top teeth with the elastics on uploaded in the next few days as my camera seems to like to blur when taking close up pictures of my teeth, so i have to take quite a few until i get a good one! 

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One year on in pictures :)

I cant believe the difference in my teeth! love how they don't stick out anymore on top! so pleased with how they are straightening up aswell. :)

                                      ^^ June 2011 - a picture of me biting on my back teeth
                                                        before my treatment started. ^^
                                                                       
                                                                       and now...
                                             

                       ^^ June 2012 - a picture of me biting on my back teeth a year on
                                                           - 7 months into braces ^^

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                                        (Sorry if these next 2 pictures are not that clear)

                         ^^  June 2011 - a picture of my teeth/bite before my treatment started  ^^

                                                                 

       ^^  June 2012 - a picture of my teeth/bite now, a year on - 7 months into braces  ^^




                    I will be updating more tomorrow after my next orthodontist appt,
      hoping to see my normal ortho tomorrow so i can ask how he thinks its all going so far.


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7 months in braces!

                                                                       Hi, 

Sorry i haven't posted in a LONG while, i will defiantly start keeping this blog up to date more often...

Cant believe its now been 7 months since i had my braces put on...and what a difference! I love how my teeth are lovely and straight already! :) I'm so pleased with everything so far and i cant wait for my extraction gaps to entirely close up...

I had my braces tightened for the first time on the 23rd March, i didn't get seen by Mr.Dibiase this time as he had to rush off to theatre. I was seen by a lady who covered for my ortho and was told my first four months of treatment had gone really well and that my top teeth had completely all moved back into a perfect position so she fitted in a much thicker looking wire to keep them in this position and fitted the next stage of wire through on the bottom. Just as she was finishing with my braces Mr.Dibiase came back into the room and agreed that everything was going well.   :) 

                         19th June is my next ortho appt to have my braces tightened.

                          I will defiantly post some more pics hopefully tomorrow...  :)

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