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« on: July 07, 2016, 12:11:50 pm »Im getting the Crane, hopefully soon
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@knoppe
There is a doctor who is expert in facial symmetries in my area and i really wanted to see her but shes quite expensive. Im planning to buy the crane facemask instead, any new developments with the crane?
Sadly no. Since the hooks are angled upwards, they make upward pulling over a certain angle quite impossible. I'm not too impressed with it. It is possible to raise the "arm" up but that reduces it's angle so I have to say that I currently find it suboptimal. Might be a size issue (I have a medium) and it's perhaps solved by using something to keep the elastics in place. Rubber seals or something similar. I'm working on it though!
Hey thanks I'm checking out that site. Are nasal passages and sinuses same thing? I have large sinuses but my nose is small. I do have breathing problems too but my airway is normal size.
Knoppe, this is very exciting! Great timing.
So now that you've worn the Crane for a couple of days, have you been able to do an upward pull? Does the "arm" in front extend enough that you can get an upward angle?
I hope the comfortable level improves. Are you a back sleeper or side sleeper? I'm a side sleeper myself but i also toss and turn a lot.
Did your ortho recommend the 3rd teeth for the anchoring location? So there needs to be hooks added for anchoring of the ALF? I'm asking because i intend to get braces soon and i want to know if braces needs special design for the anchoring.
The thing is that RAMPA (as well as the crane and traditional headgears) requires long hours of wear and according to Dr Howell, this places too much stress and will not grow new bone.Very interesting! Thanks for sharing this information. It really seems like we've got two opposing views here. One Howell/Plato side that claims you shouldn't wear it for too long and one Crane/Mew/RAMPA side that says you need to wear it for enough hours during the day.