breetheflea
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Post by breetheflea on Oct 31, 2024 17:40:34 GMT
DD (17) is having orthodontic surgery in a little over a month, and in preparation for that, they put some device on the roof of her mouth (not to be confused with the expander she's having surgically installed in December.) The expander prep device went in on Monday. She is lisping, and definitely still not speaking very clear on certain letters.
The main problem is she is complaining about excess saliva, and you can definitely hear her 'slurp' when she swallows/talks.
Does anyone have experience with dental appliances, and about how long it takes to adjust, speech and saliva wise?
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Post by shamrock on Oct 31, 2024 22:12:39 GMT
My son had an expander when he was in elementary school. Speech and excess saliva were definitely issues. I know the speech was affected longer. He was also in speech therapy at the time so att was fun lol! I don’t remember how long it was an issue. I feel like the saliva calmed down. The speech, from him & friends who also had expanders, seemed to be more noticeable to parents of the kid for longer. I wore Invisalign for almost 2 years. My husband and I noticed a difference in my speech that whole time. My kids (late teens) said they couldn’t tell a difference.
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pantsonfire
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Post by pantsonfire on Oct 31, 2024 22:34:00 GMT
Took dd about 2 weeks or her body to get used to it. Both for saliva and talking oddly due to tongue placement. ETA she was also in school and private speech at the time.
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Post by lily on Nov 1, 2024 12:34:30 GMT
Same for my son--couple weeks. Warning...do not let her eat string spaghetti! That really got stuck in it! Smaller noodles like shells or elbows were OK though.
We had a little key we had to turn in the expander every night. I hated doing that but it did not seem to bother him really.
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Post by jenb72 on Nov 1, 2024 12:38:00 GMT
Both my younger two had expanders done during their younger years. DD had a harder time with speech and saliva. I honestly can't remember how long it took her to adjust where the saliva wasn't too bad, but I'm pretty sure she struggled with it to some extent the whole time she had it in. And to this day, even with the expander out for many years now, she has a hard time pronouncing a hard G in some words. It catches her off guard sometimes. DS had already had experience dealing with speech issues due to being tongue-tied and going to speech therapy after it was corrected, so maybe that's why it was easier for him? I'm not sure. But he didn't have nearly as much of a problem.
Jen
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