Re: OS Dr. Widner, Austin Texas

October 22, 2004

Hi ,

Dr. Widner is my OS. I am scheduled for upper and lower jaw surgery

on November 3 to correct jaw assymetry. My first consultation with

Dr. Widner was about 1.5 years ago. Since then he has removed my 4

wisdom teeth and I have had several progress checks after I had my

braces on. More recently we have had several pre-surgery

appointments. Since I haven't had my surgery yet, I can't comment on

that. But I was very happy with how smoothly my wisdom teeth

extraction went -- no swelling and no pain.

My opinion of Dr. Widner is that he is very competent and

knowledgeable. He seems to be concerned about the aesthetic outcome,

as well as the functional one. In addition, I have been pleased with

how closely he has worked with my OD throughout this whole process

for the last year. I am excited and anxious to be through the

surgery stage of this process! My only small negative would be that

at times I felt like I wasn't getting all the information I needed.

For example, I will be wired shut for 3 weeks and then banded for

another 5 weeks. I didn't know about the banding until I

specifically asked about it. Fortunately, this group is very

informative, so I knew about the possibilities and knew what

questions to ask. I'm the type that wants to know the whole story,

good and bad. Dr. Widner is very good at answering questions when

you ask them though.

Overall, I would recommend Dr. Widner. I think he will do a great

job. I would just advise you to do your research and ask LOTS of

questions. By the way, if you don't mind sharing, what is your

opinion of him so far and what was the opinion of the other patient

you talked with?

Good luck!

Matilda

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> I was interesed if anyone here has had Dr. Widner as your OS. I've

> talk to one patient of this that he recommended, but was wondering

> if anyone here had any opinion of him?

>

> Thanks,

>

October 22, 2004