Hellllllllllllllllllllloooooooooooooooo friends,
how are you?
"W" from Sweden asked about how much my mouth was stretched out with my rapid palate expander. This is the email from the dentist to answer that.
"The expander has an 8m screw. Each turn is 1/4 of a mm. His total expansion was 8mm. There is also a 12mm version of the appliance. "
when you look at that on a ruler, its really not that big but boy did it hurt and now I still have the space in between my mouth but my mom says she doesn't think it looks as big as it did. I haven't had to turn it for about a month now but it stays in my mouth to hold the stretch I think.
Have a good day. I am going to my school concert now to sing.
Your Friend,
Colin :)
Thank you Colin! Yeah, that's a lot!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for writing this blog. It has really been helping my daughter, Alexis, who is getting her expander tomorrow. She has been talking about you a lot and what you wrote and it helps her to know what will really happen and how you feel about it.
ReplyDeleteRandi Hadfield
Hello, my name is Clara and I just got my palate expander and I am having a very hard time with well about every thing. Could you give me some tips? I can't eat or talk. I keep getting food stuck in it, are you still having that problem or have you figured out how to deal with it? I love your blog, you and you mom do a great job! It would be great if you could help me out.
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ReplyDeletePlease tell Alexis I said hello and not to worry. How old is Alexis. I am 8 years old. Tell her I am happy tha tI am helping her. I think it is cool that we all stick together. Tell her it will get better. I have had it for a couple of months now and once you stop turning, everything is okay and you kind of forget about it for awhile. Tell her to write to me. I check every few days if I have comments. have a good day.
Hi Clara,
ReplyDeleteHow old are you? I am 8 years old. But you probably know that from reading my blog. The biggest tip my mom and I have thought about to write to you is to just relax. Drink cold ice water right after you turn it. Sometimes that helps. After a couple of minutes or a little while, you won't feel the pain anymore. I still do get food stuck in my palate expander but you learn to kind of snap it out with your tongue. The dentist gave me this mini toothbrush to stick in there to get it out so I keep that in my lunchbox for school but I haven't really used it. you do figure out how to deal with this thing. Thank you for reading my blog.
Hi,
ReplyDeleteI this is Clara again! I am 11 years old almost 12. Thanks for the tips the ice water really helps! Do you you still have trouble talking with the expander?
Glad to know the ice water helped you, Clara.
ReplyDeleteYes, I still have trouble talking with the expander, not really trouble but more like I always sound like I have a cold. Have a good day!
Hi Colin, I got my palate expander in a few days ago and I can not figure out how to chew! Do you have any tips? I can chew soft things but everything else just doesnt get chewed! I can keep it from getting stuck at least.
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