Re: How much overbite is acceptable? Cammie

[Guest guest]

Thanks for the response. I tend to think intuitively the same. I have

less than 4 mm overbite but a very weak chin, so I could skip the

nerve damage risks and only do something with the chin since after

going through all the 2 years of treatment one becomes more conscious

about all these.

However, you do have a very good point, I have to ask the

orthodontist if the 2-3 mm overbite could be a problem if uncoreected

and create a relapse case. A former orthodontist told me that only a

surgery will give the most stable result. Then again the same

orthodontist said that she wouldnt justify surgery for such a small

advancement. Also, becuse of root resoprtion starting, I have to

shorten the treatment and a jaw surgery will deginitely delay that

much more. More things to think....

> Randy and I seem to be of the same mind on lots of things... I

> certainly agree with his advice here.

>

> What do your doctors say?

>

> I was told that, unless there's enough room in the jaws to match up

> the teeth, retention can be difficult. Of course, you can opt to

wear

> retainers for the rest of your life, and in fact I expect to do so,

> even though I do now have a balanced bite -- or will when

everything

> finally settles in and the teeth can be equilibrated properly. My

> surgeon told me he thought the reason I relapsed after the first

> ortho was because nobody knew about advancing the jaw and matching

> the teeth up to keep 'em where they're sposed to be, way back when.

>

> Mine just seem to be traveling folks, and I plan to fight 'em every

> step of the way.

>

> I thought I had read somewhere that 4mm was the minimum for

surgery,

> but I think others are having it for less of a change. I do know

that

> my surgeon told me that he would not even consider doing my upper

jaw

> (my ortho had suggested it might be necessary) because I would not

> get enough benefit to justify the risks and pain.

>

> Good man, he.

>

> Cammie

[Guest guest]

Knowing what I know now, I would be hard pressed to justify having

this type of surgery for a relatively (?) small overbite, a genio

sure, but the whole lower? As I am writing this however, I am almost

8 weeks post op from an upper/lower for an 11 mm overbite with

gumminess. Since I'm also still wired shut and on an all-soup-all-the-

time diet, I'm biased . My surgeon was talking about doing facial

lipo still, and I told her unless the lipo would save my life, no way

was I going under anethesia for any reason other than life or death.

I'll just diet until I lose the face fat. The first two weeks I was

post op, I was wondering if I had done the right thing just because

the recovery was so darned difficult. I no longer have an overbite

though. My front top teeth touch my front lower ones very nicely now.

You do such good research on this anyway, I'm sure you will come up

with a decision that will be perfect for your situation.

J.

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wrote:

> Thanks for the response. I tend to think intuitively the same. I

have

> less than 4 mm overbite but a very weak chin, so I could skip the

> nerve damage risks and only do something with the chin since after

> going through all the 2 years of treatment one becomes more

conscious

> about all these.

>

> However, you do have a very good point, I have to ask the

> orthodontist if the 2-3 mm overbite could be a problem if

uncoreected

> and create a relapse case. A former orthodontist told me that only

a

> surgery will give the most stable result. Then again the same

> orthodontist said that she wouldnt justify surgery for such a small

> advancement. Also, becuse of root resoprtion starting, I have to

> shorten the treatment and a jaw surgery will deginitely delay that

> much more. More things to think....

>

>

> > Randy and I seem to be of the same mind on lots of things... I

> > certainly agree with his advice here.

> >

> > What do your doctors say?

> >

> > I was told that, unless there's enough room in the jaws to match

up

> > the teeth, retention can be difficult. Of course, you can opt to

> wear

> > retainers for the rest of your life, and in fact I expect to do

so,

> > even though I do now have a balanced bite -- or will when

> everything

> > finally settles in and the teeth can be equilibrated properly. My

> > surgeon told me he thought the reason I relapsed after the first

> > ortho was because nobody knew about advancing the jaw and

matching

> > the teeth up to keep 'em where they're sposed to be, way back

when.

> >

> > Mine just seem to be traveling folks, and I plan to fight 'em

every

> > step of the way.

> >

> > I thought I had read somewhere that 4mm was the minimum for

> surgery,

> > but I think others are having it for less of a change. I do know

> that

> > my surgeon told me that he would not even consider doing my upper

> jaw

> > (my ortho had suggested it might be necessary) because I would

not

> > get enough benefit to justify the risks and pain.

> >

> > Good man, he.

> >

> > Cammie