Re: Some Questions-Open Bite.

[Guest guest]

Matt-

Well for one, if your local oral surgeon stopped getting

referrals, you might want a second opinion. But if you are really

uncomfortable with your overbite and your situation, I'd say go for

it. I used to have ( < It feels good to say that!) a bad overbite as

well, and I am 110% pleased with the outcome of the surgery. I can

actually eat things now without making a mess, and I don't get

headaches and have jaw pain. I don't know how your situation is, but

I'd recommend this surgery!

(I have before/after pictures under " Files " )

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> I went to see my local oral surgeon about the a dark spot at the

> root of one of my teeh in an xray (turned out to be nothing), but

> while I was there I asked him if he did jaw surgery, he said not

> anymore, because he stopped getting referrals, but I asked his

> opinion on whether I should have it done. He wasn't too sure if it

> would be worth it or not. He says I have about a 1.5mm open bite,

> which will get worse when I'm older, however, it developed because

> I'm a mouth breather and have a tongue thrust habit that is almost

> impossible to correct. He says if I have the surgery, there is a

> possibility it will do nothing, and I will develop an overbite

> eventually afterwards again. So now I'm really stuck about what to

> do. I'm almost twenty, so I'm sure my jaw is donw growing. Any

> opinions?

[Guest guest]

Matt-

Well for one, if your local oral surgeon stopped getting

referrals, you might want a second opinion. But if you are really

uncomfortable with your overbite and your situation, I'd say go for

it. I used to have ( < It feels good to say that!) a bad overbite as

well, and I am 110% pleased with the outcome of the surgery. I can

actually eat things now without making a mess, and I don't get

headaches and have jaw pain. I don't know how your situation is, but

I'd recommend this surgery!

(I have before/after pictures under " Files " )

~

> I went to see my local oral surgeon about the a dark spot at the

> root of one of my teeh in an xray (turned out to be nothing), but

> while I was there I asked him if he did jaw surgery, he said not

> anymore, because he stopped getting referrals, but I asked his

> opinion on whether I should have it done. He wasn't too sure if it

> would be worth it or not. He says I have about a 1.5mm open bite,

> which will get worse when I'm older, however, it developed because

> I'm a mouth breather and have a tongue thrust habit that is almost

> impossible to correct. He says if I have the surgery, there is a

> possibility it will do nothing, and I will develop an overbite

> eventually afterwards again. So now I'm really stuck about what to

> do. I'm almost twenty, so I'm sure my jaw is donw growing. Any

> opinions?

[Guest guest]

1.5mm doesnt sound like a lot.

Are you happy with you teeth in other ways? If so, you might just

want to leave them a couple years and see what happens.

I know doctors insist your jaws and teeth are finished by 20 or so.

But mine were still growing and moving in my twenties. Even if you

figure 98% of people are finished growing, that still leaves a heck

of a lot of people. And some of those will develop problems from it.

My situation: I had no overbite when I got braces on as a teen, just

minor uneveness and crookedness. By the time the braces came off I

had a small overbite. Then my braces came off and my top jaw and

teeth went zoom zoom zoom. During the next 5 years I developed a big

overbite and big overjet.

You just dont know what will happen.

> I went to see my local oral surgeon about the a dark spot at the

> root of one of my teeh in an xray (turned out to be nothing), but

> while I was there I asked him if he did jaw surgery, he said not

> anymore, because he stopped getting referrals, but I asked his

> opinion on whether I should have it done. He wasn't too sure if it

> would be worth it or not. He says I have about a 1.5mm open bite,

> which will get worse when I'm older, however, it developed because

> I'm a mouth breather and have a tongue thrust habit that is almost

> impossible to correct. He says if I have the surgery, there is a

> possibility it will do nothing, and I will develop an overbite

> eventually afterwards again. So now I'm really stuck about what to

> do. I'm almost twenty, so I'm sure my jaw is donw growing. Any

> opinions?

[Guest guest]

1.5mm doesnt sound like a lot.

Are you happy with you teeth in other ways? If so, you might just

want to leave them a couple years and see what happens.

I know doctors insist your jaws and teeth are finished by 20 or so.

But mine were still growing and moving in my twenties. Even if you

figure 98% of people are finished growing, that still leaves a heck

of a lot of people. And some of those will develop problems from it.

My situation: I had no overbite when I got braces on as a teen, just

minor uneveness and crookedness. By the time the braces came off I

had a small overbite. Then my braces came off and my top jaw and

teeth went zoom zoom zoom. During the next 5 years I developed a big

overbite and big overjet.

You just dont know what will happen.

> I went to see my local oral surgeon about the a dark spot at the

> root of one of my teeh in an xray (turned out to be nothing), but

> while I was there I asked him if he did jaw surgery, he said not

> anymore, because he stopped getting referrals, but I asked his

> opinion on whether I should have it done. He wasn't too sure if it

> would be worth it or not. He says I have about a 1.5mm open bite,

> which will get worse when I'm older, however, it developed because

> I'm a mouth breather and have a tongue thrust habit that is almost

> impossible to correct. He says if I have the surgery, there is a

> possibility it will do nothing, and I will develop an overbite

> eventually afterwards again. So now I'm really stuck about what to

> do. I'm almost twenty, so I'm sure my jaw is donw growing. Any

> opinions?