Today I had my expander put in and lower braces placed on the bottom teeth in anticipation of SARPE surgery in 2 days. My ortho, Dr. Paul White, has designed his own type of expander that acts as a splint (to help establish your natural bite) and an expander all-in-one. Rather than using spaces to make room between your molars, he molds a plastic expander that is glued to your back 3 teeth -- I'll show some pictures at some point. It feels very bulky in your mouth, but hopefully it will only be in there for 5-8 months. The hard part today was learning how to eat, talk, and swallow spit! I figured out that you have to slurp your spit or it will literally run out of your mouth. I tried to eat some mac and cheese (thinking that it would be soft if my teeth were sore), but the noodles got caught on top of the expander which was a big pain. I'm sticking to liquids for now. I'm also keeping my fingers crossed that the lisp will go away soon. My 3 and 5 year old were trying to get me to say words and would laugh when they came out all garbled!! :)
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