Re: Lower only vs. upper and lower for underbite - Mike

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I am very sorry to hear about your suffering! Can you tell

us more in detail about your surgery and what went wrong?

Val

> Hello,

> My advice is, contrary to most people on this site, to not get the

surgery

> done.

> There is too much risk and too much potential of pain afterwards

(I'm now 14

> months post-op with lower jaw surgery and I'm in extreme pain all

day, every

> day).

> Mike

>

>

> >From: " clarkuscoffeyus "

> >Reply-To: orthognathicsurgerysupport

> >To: orthognathicsurgerysupport

> >Subject: [Orthognathic Surgery Support ] Lower only vs. upper

and lower

> >for underbite

> >Date: Wed, 05 May 2004 15:18:04 -0000

> >

> >Hello all, I'm new to this group and I'm happy to have found it.

> >

> >I'm near the start of my treatment. I've had braces for 4 months

and

> >will have my surgery near the end of the year. It is still

undecided

> >as to whether I will only have my lower jaw put back or if I'll

have

> >both that done and have my upper pulled forward (like my technical

> >terms here). It seems that the ortho and surgeon are going to wait

to

> >see how everything looks when my teeth are correctly aligned. I at

> >first leaned toward having only the lower done, because it was less

> >surgery, but now I am leaning toward pushing to have both done.

After

> >examining my face and doing some research, is seems that doing both

> >will result in a better aesthetic outcome. Any of you guys been in

> >the boat I'm in now? Any of you been right on the line between

> >needing one or both? Let me know your experiences. Also, does

adding

> >work on the upper jaw add tremendously to the pain / healing time /

> >numbness / etc.

> >

> >Thank you all.

> >

> >

>

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