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Subject: Re: Major Sleep Problems (Anybody ever had this?)

Author:
Aussie Mike

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Date Posted: 01:06:42 07/21/04 Wed
In reply to: mitch 's message, "Re: Major Sleep Problems (Anybody ever had this?)" on 19:08:12 07/20/04 Tue

Mitch,

I'm still biting metal but not like I was - I would not call it normal though. I have an open bite because the brackets won't allow my teeth to mesh the way they did before they went on. My molars are about 3mm apart and it's almost impossible to chew anything. Most of the pain is gone now, and I only use a little wax at night. So it get's better.

They should send Saddam Hussien to my Ortho - he would lead them to those WMD in no time - just make him stop!!!

I've lost about 15lbs so far (not a bad thing)! Two square and mushy meals a day. I have a protien shake for breakfast.

I worked out how to eat cookies courtesy of my 7 year old daughter last week. The trick is you dunk them in milk first, wait till they go abit mushy and then you eat them!! I doubled her allowance for the week LOL!!

It's pretty crappy but (in my case) it's better than dental implants and root canal's...

Regards,

Mike

>>I had the exact same problem. After three weeks my
>>bite has more or less come right again. It took about
>>a week in my case before I got a decent nights sleep.
>>
>>My ortho said it would take 3-4 months before I stoped
>>biting down on the brackets completely. It's still
>>anoying but after 3 weeks it's allot better and not
>>affecting my sleep anymore.
>>
>>Regards,
>>
>>Mike
>>
>>>I got my braces yesterday and was expecting some pain
>>>and got it. No big deal. But what really bothered
>me
>>>was the way the orthodontist set my braces up, I
>can't
>>>really bite down because my front teeth hit the
>bottom
>>>brackets (the back molars don't touch). This is also
>>>not a big deal since he said it was to correct my
>>>overbite.
>>>
>>>Last night when I tried to sleep, every time I would
>>>come close to it, my front teeth would go down on my
>>>bottom brackets and boom, I'd be awake. I tried
>every
>>>different possible way of sleeping, but it seems like
>>>my jaw has that grinding effect (I don't think I
>>>normally grind though). This is becoming unbearable
>>>and I haven't gotten a wink of sleep. I went to the
>>>ortho and he said he could give me a night guard but
>>>it would stop my teeth from moving and told me if I
>>>gave it 10 days, my bite would probably be back.
>This
>>>is nice and dandy, but how am I supposed to not sleep
>>>for 10 days?!
>>>
>>>Anybody have any suggestions or had this happen to
>>>them? This braces thing just got a lot more
>>>complicated than I envisioned. :((
>
>wow thanks for replying. glad someone else has gone
>through what i'm going through. although the 3-4
>weeks before getting a normal bite sounds
>discouraging. right now i'm on a completely
>liquidized diet since I basically can't chew a thing.

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Re: Major Sleep Problems (Anybody ever had this?)	mitch	12:50:29 07/21/04 Wed