Especially when my lip keeps getting stuck on them.
Surgical hooks on braces.
She put in 10 surgical hooks today which cost sgd 80 in total.
They re just relatively annoying and i can certainly feel that they re there.
The last one will be in a month and my ortho will take my final dental impressions.
I have to wear just two bands one on each side and will continue to be banded for the duration of the orthodontia.
I hope you like my new intro.
Surgical hooks seem to be the modern alternative to wiring the jaw shut.
The hooks are sitting well at the moment i had visions of them tearing my gums up like the braces did but i guess they re already pre hardened to it now.
It seems a bit early to.
I was handed this gigantic wad of surgical wax and told to use it on my braces and hooks after the surgery if i got any ulcers or if anything was poking me.
So there you have it i am now back to wearing just braces and it feels wonderful.
During the surgery the splint which have chains on them will be attached to the surgical hooks to hold everything in position and they are left on after the.
A tiny contrast from the teaspoon of wax i got for 9 months in braces.
Had my second last pre op orthodontic appointment today.
It took less then five minutes to do.
Whoever would think to say that wearing braces is wonderful my teeth look clean my clear braces look great and i feel like today was an important step in the recovery process.
Broad selection of surgical hooks and instruments.
After she changed the elastics the surgical hooks were put on which wasn t really painful just a lot of pressure when affixed to the braces.
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