SARPE, Jaw Surgery and Adult Braces, Oh My!

Hi there! Hope everyone is having a great summer. I want to thank Pixie Pops and some others who've reminded me that I'm long past ...

Hello there! I have some very exciting news in jaw land. On Monday, my orthodontist told me that he will take off my braces in six weeks - D...

Today is my three month anniversary of my second jaw surgery. The last few months have flown by and now I am close to getting my braces of...

Below are some of the initial before and after pictures. The before pics are about three weeks before my SARPE. The after pics are one year...

On Tuesday, I went to see my orthodontist so he could check my progress. He told me that things looked good and that he would start moving m...

As promised, below are some of my initial result pictures. These were taken yesterday, 6/29, eight days following lower jaw surgery. 

I went and saw my oral surgeon yesterday for my follow-up visit. Good results: Ugly neck bandaids came off and my stitches were removed X-...

It's been four days since surgery and I am feeling a TON better than I did on the 21st! Surgery Day - 6/21 Tuesday following surgery...

6/17/11 6/17/11 - Check out my surgical hooks! It's getting pretty close to game time now. My jaw surgery is coming up in just two da...

It's 10 days until jaw surgery # 2. It's hard to believe it's coming up so soon! My second (and last pre-op) appointment was on ...

Hello and happy June! I had my first pre-op appointment with my oral surgeon on the 1st. They took some models of my mouth to make sure my t...

Headshot - 5/13/11 Right size - small gap still evident  Front view - first surgical hooks on top & bottom  ...

Last week I heard back from my oral surgeon's office. Not only do I have approval from my insurance company for the surgery (yay!), I al...

3/23/11 - Thought it was time for a head shot ! I met with the oral surgeon for a consultation for the ...

Right side - 3/19/11 Left side - 3/19/11 Front (duh) - 3/19/11 Hi there! I can't believe I've neglected this blog for almost six wee...

Front view - 2/3/11 Left side - 2/3/11 Right side - 2/3/11 **Surgery Update** On Wednesday, I had a big teeth day. I went to the orthodontis...

On Wednesday, I went in and saw my oral surgeon for my six+ month check-in. His office took a few x-rays and some good news came out of the ...

1/1/2011 - New Year's Day in Utah 1/3/2011 1/3/2011 1/3/2011 9/2----------------10/4-------------11/2-------------12/2--------------1/3 ...

10/17---------------------------11/17-----------------------12/17 Hello and happy holidays! The weeks are going by super fast and I realize ...

30 days-----------------------60 days-------------------------90 days Braces timeline Left side Right side It's been almost a month sin...

Right after SARPE, there was a ton going on in my mouth. Every week there was progress on the gap, new foods that I could chew, etc. Now thi...

10/12/10----------------------------------------------11/2/10 Since I got my lovely silver powerchains three weeks ago, there has been some ...