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Offline MagnetMouth

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Re: What is the craziest real appliance that you have gotten? For how long?
« Reply #15 on: 22. November 2020, 16:46:09 PM »
Eek i had a mouthful! A bonded expander with 8 fully banded teeth, then elastics and finally a headgear!
I had my expander for the duration of the treatment and hated it, it was way too bulky and gave me a lisp which i was quite shy about, however i loved my headgear and wore it for a full 2 years all the time even to school!

Offline Rachels

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Re: What is the craziest real appliance that you have gotten? For how long?
« Reply #16 on: 04. December 2020, 09:08:56 AM »
I recently got a twin block that has an upper tongue crib.

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Re: What is the craziest real appliance that you have gotten? For how long?
« Reply #17 on: 23. December 2020, 01:01:10 AM »
I had a palate expander and headgear with braces. I refused to wear the headgear so the solution was herbst.

Offline Bryce

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Re: What is the craziest real appliance that you have gotten? For how long?
« Reply #18 on: 20. January 2021, 23:36:24 PM »
At one time I had an fixed upper expander with springs pushing on the back of my front teeth, the expander was connected to a reverse pull headgear, the style that outline your face and lower metal braces. I was a terrible patient

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Re: What is the craziest real appliance that you have gotten? For how long?
« Reply #19 on: 30. January 2021, 00:15:13 AM »
I got a tongue crib about 6 months ago. It is the biggest most intrusive I have seen. It long almost touching my jaw when I close my mouth and not only ont he front as it us usual but all the way around from band to band. When I close my mouth u cannot touch any teeth with my tongue. I will have at least a year but most likely the full treatment about 3 years with the tongue crib and 2.5 with braces. My ortho won't even talk about getting it off for a year and she will evaluate, but she is adamant and everytime we talk she says she wants it for the duration. We will see, for I have made the decision to at least have all this year, it makes it easier for me to eventually maybe accept to have it for the duration. It is extremely uncomfortable but I got used to it in about 2 months. After dreading and avoiding it for years once I got it it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be and now seeing the results just removing the constant pressure from the tongue as well as the reminder to put it where it should I am so happy to finally have done it.

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Re: What is the craziest real appliance that you have gotten? For how long?
« Reply #20 on: 14. December 2021, 01:57:48 AM »
Headgear: 2 years

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Re: What is the craziest real appliance that you have gotten? For how long?
« Reply #21 on: 01. August 2022, 12:56:15 PM »
I had a palate expander and headgear with braces. I refused to wear the headgear so the solution was herbst.

How does it feel to have a Herbst inside your mouth?

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Re: What is the craziest real appliance that you have gotten? For how long?
« Reply #22 on: 02. August 2022, 22:30:13 PM »
I had upper and lower expanders when I first started ortho treatment. Transitioned to headgear which I was non compliant with and switched to a Herbert. Upper and lower brackets. All this over about 5 years

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Re: What is the craziest real appliance that you have gotten? For how long?
« Reply #23 on: 03. August 2022, 18:10:58 PM »
@bracedup Wow, at the time that was probably torture. Sounds like a cool treatment now!

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Re: What is the craziest real appliance that you have gotten? For how long?
« Reply #24 on: 21. September 2022, 13:54:41 PM »
I got a tongue crib about 6 months ago. It is the biggest most intrusive I have seen. It long almost touching my jaw when I close my mouth and not only ont he front as it us usual but all the way around from band to band. When I close my mouth u cannot touch any teeth with my tongue. I will have at least a year but most likely the full treatment about 3 years with the tongue crib and 2.5 with braces. My ortho won't even talk about getting it off for a year and she will evaluate, but she is adamant and everytime we talk she says she wants it for the duration. We will see, for I have made the decision to at least have all this year, it makes it easier for me to eventually maybe accept to have it for the duration. It is extremely uncomfortable but I got used to it in about 2 months. After dreading and avoiding it for years once I got it it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be and now seeing the results just removing the constant pressure from the tongue as well as the reminder to put it where it should I am so happy to finally have done it.


Gosh, I have never seen such a extended tongue crib!!!

How did it affect your speech?

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Re: What is the craziest real appliance that you have gotten? For how long?
« Reply #25 on: 05. October 2022, 00:22:59 AM »
In second grade I had an upper bonded expander for about six months.

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I had tongue tamers for my tongue thrust on 2 top and 2 bottom teeth for a few months. They were irritating the first week when I spoke. They gave me a mild lisp that was a bit frustrating, but in the end did not help my tongue thrust as my tongue just pushed between them. I have a picture but don’t know how to post it.tonguetamers.png

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Hi. You can insert a Pic in the "Post Reply"Window. There is a button with a miroscaled Mona Lisa. That is for inserting Pictures while doing a Reply post.
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Offline jayson2517

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I haven't gotten braces yet but getting them. I just got headgear 3 weeks ago and have to wear it all the time I cannot take it off because it's attached to my molar bands. I have an overbite and misaligned jaws and soft bone tissue disorder which is apparently why I have to wear the headgear all the time. It was explained to me that the headgear pulls my upper jaw back and holds it in place until it will stay in the right position if I take it off my jaw will shift back to where it was. I have to wear this for 9-12 months.

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I haven't gotten braces yet but getting them. I just got headgear 3 weeks ago and have to wear it all the time I cannot take it off because it's attached to my molar bands. I have an overbite and misaligned jaws and soft bone tissue disorder which is apparently why I have to wear the headgear all the time. It was explained to me that the headgear pulls my upper jaw back and holds it in place until it will stay in the right position if I take it off my jaw will shift back to where it was. I have to wear this for 9-12 months.

I think this fits in the fantasy section  :P