LIMBO HELL (Please Help!!!)

[Guest guest]

Hi...I am a new member who has been reading posts for a long time and finally

decided to

sign up.

I have a lot to get off my chest, and would appreciate any and all suggestions.

I am a young 22 year old male, living in California. My jaw was fine until

about 5 years

ago when I guess I started to develop an open bite due to tongue thrusting and

other bad

habits. I went through about 6 months of intense jaw therapy, which I am still

somewhat

in now only less intense, to help close down the open bite that I have. I have

also been in

braces now for a year.

The therapy and braces have helped tremendously in closing down my open bite,

but the

problem is just that. Now my teeth touch but my open bite remains as an

overbite now.

What I mean is this: Try to imagine an open bite brought down but still

remaining round

and sticking out.

I really dislike my profile now and what it has become and I want it to be fixed

to how it

used to be just 5 or 6 years ago.

My orthodontist told me that I would probably need surgery to correct the open

bite but

then he changed his mind after my therapy saying that my problem " isn't that

severe. " I

respect his opinion, but who the hell is he to tell me how I feel. He is a

great orthodontist,

but it always seems like he tries to make me feel guilty about wanting the

surgery, saying

that other people are way worse than me (which I agree with to some extent) and

he also

says stuff like " you don't want to go through all that procedure. "

Since he gave me a referral to an oral maxillofacial surgeon, I ignored his

attempts to talk

me out of it and scheduled an appointment about 2 months ago, which I went to

yesterday. They took X-rays and blah blah blah...basically the surgeon told me

that since

I didn't have any skeletal problems he didn't want to do anything for me. He

tried to

convince me that I was fine. The problem is I know that it's not fine. I can

see pictures of

how my jaw and profile used to be and it used to look awesome. Now because of

my open

bite which has been transformed into an overbite, my front teeth are rounded

making it a

chore to keep my lips closed, and my whole jaw is tilted up making my chin look

receded.

He told me it was a minor cosmetic problem. I respect his opinion as well, but

I have seen

people on the internet who have had similar things done to them that I want.

So basically I just threw 400 dollars out the window, not to mention the money

for my

hotel, just to be told that he wasn't going to fix my problem. He recommended

something to my orthodontist, and apparently he is going to do something when I

see him

next time. Basically, it seems like all they are trying to do is mask problems

instead of

just solving them once and for all.

I feel like I am in " Limbo Hell " so to speak because it seems like I cannot get

this problem

taken care of and it consumes me every day because I have no answers and seem to

make

no progress in finding a surgeon to do this for me.

What I believe needs to be done is: that my four front teeth need to be tilted

down so that

they're not sticking out, and maybe brought back a little so that my profile is

where it

should and used to be. I also don't think that they understand that it feels

uncomfortable

because it is more rounded than it used to be, caused by the open bite.

I made another appointment yesterday, with someone who is supposed to be very

good.

My consultation is in early October, which means more waiting and wondering when

the

hell I can just get this done. This time I made sure to find out if they do

minor cosmetic

problems for open bites that have turned into over bites after being brought

down. I'm

not asking for anything I don't already have, I just want the profile that I

had.

I hope insurance can cover at least some of it...but at this point I just want

the damn thing

to get done, and I wan't to find someone who has the experience who is willing

to fix this

problem for me. Is this unusual? I mean What The F@#@? I feel like I'm in the

Twilight

Zone and I'm taking crazy pills like Will Ferrell says in the movie Zoolander.

I live in Los Angeles, California. Any suggestions that you have, or surgeons

you know

that could help me out, please let me know. Even though I have more appointments

coming up, I would still consider other surgeons that you know who could help me

out. I

search like crazy on the internet everyday, and I hardly find any answers on

there as well.

I hope that this is something I can get fixed, in fact I know it is. My jaw

therapist keeps

telling me not to give up because she knows how badly I want to get this fixed.

She's

really my only supporter besides my mom. Thank God for this website.

I apologize for the long message, and I am excited to be a member of this

terrific group!!!

[Guest guest]

Hi...I am a new member who has been reading posts for a long time and finally

decided to

sign up.

I have a lot to get off my chest, and would appreciate any and all suggestions.

I am a young 22 year old male, living in California. My jaw was fine until

about 5 years

ago when I guess I started to develop an open bite due to tongue thrusting and

other bad

habits. I went through about 6 months of intense jaw therapy, which I am still

somewhat

in now only less intense, to help close down the open bite that I have. I have

also been in

braces now for a year.

The therapy and braces have helped tremendously in closing down my open bite,

but the

problem is just that. Now my teeth touch but my open bite remains as an

overbite now.

What I mean is this: Try to imagine an open bite brought down but still

remaining round

and sticking out.

I really dislike my profile now and what it has become and I want it to be fixed

to how it

used to be just 5 or 6 years ago.

My orthodontist told me that I would probably need surgery to correct the open

bite but

then he changed his mind after my therapy saying that my problem " isn't that

severe. " I

respect his opinion, but who the hell is he to tell me how I feel. He is a

great orthodontist,

but it always seems like he tries to make me feel guilty about wanting the

surgery, saying

that other people are way worse than me (which I agree with to some extent) and

he also

says stuff like " you don't want to go through all that procedure. "

Since he gave me a referral to an oral maxillofacial surgeon, I ignored his

attempts to talk

me out of it and scheduled an appointment about 2 months ago, which I went to

yesterday. They took X-rays and blah blah blah...basically the surgeon told me

that since

I didn't have any skeletal problems he didn't want to do anything for me. He

tried to

convince me that I was fine. The problem is I know that it's not fine. I can

see pictures of

how my jaw and profile used to be and it used to look awesome. Now because of

my open

bite which has been transformed into an overbite, my front teeth are rounded

making it a

chore to keep my lips closed, and my whole jaw is tilted up making my chin look

receded.

He told me it was a minor cosmetic problem. I respect his opinion as well, but

I have seen

people on the internet who have had similar things done to them that I want.

So basically I just threw 400 dollars out the window, not to mention the money

for my

hotel, just to be told that he wasn't going to fix my problem. He recommended

something to my orthodontist, and apparently he is going to do something when I

see him

next time. Basically, it seems like all they are trying to do is mask problems

instead of

just solving them once and for all.

I feel like I am in " Limbo Hell " so to speak because it seems like I cannot get

this problem

taken care of and it consumes me every day because I have no answers and seem to

make

no progress in finding a surgeon to do this for me.

What I believe needs to be done is: that my four front teeth need to be tilted

down so that

they're not sticking out, and maybe brought back a little so that my profile is

where it

should and used to be. I also don't think that they understand that it feels

uncomfortable

because it is more rounded than it used to be, caused by the open bite.

I made another appointment yesterday, with someone who is supposed to be very

good.

My consultation is in early October, which means more waiting and wondering when

the

hell I can just get this done. This time I made sure to find out if they do

minor cosmetic

problems for open bites that have turned into over bites after being brought

down. I'm

not asking for anything I don't already have, I just want the profile that I

had.

I hope insurance can cover at least some of it...but at this point I just want

the damn thing

to get done, and I wan't to find someone who has the experience who is willing

to fix this

problem for me. Is this unusual? I mean What The F@#@? I feel like I'm in the

Twilight

Zone and I'm taking crazy pills like Will Ferrell says in the movie Zoolander.

I live in Los Angeles, California. Any suggestions that you have, or surgeons

you know

that could help me out, please let me know. Even though I have more appointments

coming up, I would still consider other surgeons that you know who could help me

out. I

search like crazy on the internet everyday, and I hardly find any answers on

there as well.

I hope that this is something I can get fixed, in fact I know it is. My jaw

therapist keeps

telling me not to give up because she knows how badly I want to get this fixed.

She's

really my only supporter besides my mom. Thank God for this website.

I apologize for the long message, and I am excited to be a member of this

terrific group!!!