What is the craziest real appliance that you have gotten? For how long?

prahm said:
I had a palate expander and headgear with braces. I refused to wear the headgear so the solution was herbst.
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How does it feel to have a Herbst inside your mouth?
 
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
 
claudiofranck said:
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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Gosh, I have never seen such a extended tongue crib!!!

How did it affect your speech?
 
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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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.
 
jayson2517 said:
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 think this fits in the fantasy section  :P
 
Can we have pictures then? My issue with this is how do you have wired in headgear but no braces? It just doesn’t work like that.
 
TrainTrack said:
Can we have pictures then? My issue with this is how do you have wired in headgear but no braces? It just doesn’t work like that.
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Certainly for kids, it's quite common to have just a pair of molar bands along with headgear (and thus no other braces) for initial treatment
 
With the current treatment I got bite turbo’s, which were super annoying during the first few months and made me almost regret that I got braces again.
 
claudiofranck said:
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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Can’t say I’ve heard of that kinda tongue crib either. That sounds really rough. That is one appliance I wouldn’t want.
 
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