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Date Posted: 08:58:32 08/25/04 Wed
In reply to:
skowjams
's message, "Re: Expander anxiety, help!" on 08:56:49 08/25/04 Wed
Ok, please forgive me joplin, for calling you Cathie. I just wasn't paying attention. So sorry!
>Hi Cathie. I was REALLY freaked out and terrified of
>getting my braces put on a couple of weeks ago. I let
>the assistant know how terrified I was, and she was
>great about it all. She talked me through everything,
>and put me at ease. I had bad experiences with
>dentists too, but she really helped me relax. Anyway,
>my point is, be honest about how you feel when you go
>in to get the expander installed. If they know about
>your gag reflex, and how uncomfortable you are, then
>they will no doubt be understanding and try to help
>you feel more at ease. When ar you getting the
>expander installed? Please keep us posted on how it
>goes. :)
>
>
>>Hi, I've been reading the archives of this message
>>board and found quite some info of wearing a palatal
>>expander, but I'm still terribly nervous about getting
>>one myself.
>>How did you, former or current expander wearers, make
>>yourselves accept the less than thrilling idea of
>>having the lisp and the gap and a mouth full of metal
>>for so many months? I'm facing a 6 months engagement
>>with the appliance.
>>
>>How did you get accustumed to the appliance once you
>>had it put in? I mean first of all I have a terrible
>>gag reflex - can't even brush without gagging - and
>>I'm afraid the expander may put me in panic, if they
>>will be able to put it in my mouth in the first place!
>>Last time my dentist couldn't take those little w-rays
>>of my back teeth because I simply gagged out the
>>tools, tears falling down my face! Does the expander
>>make you gag???
>>
>>History: my ortho wants to have my maxilla widened
>>because of my unerupted upper canines + a cross bite.
>>Those canines can neither be removed nor pulled down
>>in line until more space is made up there for the
>>ortho to work in. In fact my upper #2's and #3's are
>>completely messed up and stuck together up there now
>>and trying to get those canines out of there could be
>>harmful to my #2's in that crowded space. So the
>>expansion seems something that can not be avoided if
>>I'm going to get anything done. My ortho keeps telling
>>me my case is a challenging one out of ordinary, which
>>does not make me feel at ease at all!
>>
>>I definately want my teeth fixed. Not because of how
>>they look but because they are wearing out on me
>>little by little due to bad bite. So initial
>>motivation is not a problem, I'm just very scared of
>>the expander appliance and living with it. Actually
>>looking forward to getting those braces maybe 6 months
>>after the expansion is over, though!
>>Any words of encouregement will be greatly
>appreceated!
>>I'm sorry to be such a baby about this at the age of
>>35, but as a former patient with an untolerable fear
>>of dentists I think I've come a long way ;)
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