Re: Upper midline looks off now -- I'm freaking out (Oct 5th surgery)

[Guest guest]

welcome to the club Blake! it can be a little deceiving at this point

with all the swelling. Try this, take a piece of dental floss and line

up the middle of your forehead between your eyes and run it down to

the middle of your chin. provided your face is somewhat symetrical it

should run down the middle of your nose and line up with the center of

your upper and lower teeth. I learned this from an OS when I went for

a second opinion. At day 4 of my resurgery of my maxilla I saw the

same thing and checked with dental floss and everything lined up but

my top teeth. the midline looked off by about 3mm. If I was female I

think I would have started balling right then at the thought of going

thru this a third time! didn't sleep well the next two nights till my

1 week post visit.(I fell asleep in his office waiting) asked the doc

and he said " it's not that bad " , " it's only a millimeter or so " . He

then changed my banding pattern to try and tilt the maxilla a little.

He acted hopeful but my confidence in him is shot! Needless to say I'm

pissed and looking at my alternatives. I've already paid 16 grand so

far for this latest mess and the bills haven't even finished comming

in yet. I wish you better luck than I my friend. eric

>

> Hi all -

>

> I just had the guts to lift my upper lip, and I can see that my two

> front upper teeth are off to the right as compared to my nose!!! I

> know there's still lots of swelling involved, but I really don't

> think I could do another surgery like this again. Anyone else see

> this, and have it explained away, or was it the start of more to

> come? :-(

>

> -Blake

[Guest guest]

welcome to the club Blake! it can be a little deceiving at this point

with all the swelling. Try this, take a piece of dental floss and line

up the middle of your forehead between your eyes and run it down to

the middle of your chin. provided your face is somewhat symetrical it

should run down the middle of your nose and line up with the center of

your upper and lower teeth. I learned this from an OS when I went for

a second opinion. At day 4 of my resurgery of my maxilla I saw the

same thing and checked with dental floss and everything lined up but

my top teeth. the midline looked off by about 3mm. If I was female I

think I would have started balling right then at the thought of going

thru this a third time! didn't sleep well the next two nights till my

1 week post visit.(I fell asleep in his office waiting) asked the doc

and he said " it's not that bad " , " it's only a millimeter or so " . He

then changed my banding pattern to try and tilt the maxilla a little.

He acted hopeful but my confidence in him is shot! Needless to say I'm

pissed and looking at my alternatives. I've already paid 16 grand so

far for this latest mess and the bills haven't even finished comming

in yet. I wish you better luck than I my friend. eric

>

> Hi all -

>

> I just had the guts to lift my upper lip, and I can see that my two

> front upper teeth are off to the right as compared to my nose!!! I

> know there's still lots of swelling involved, but I really don't

> think I could do another surgery like this again. Anyone else see

> this, and have it explained away, or was it the start of more to

> come? :-(

>

> -Blake

[Guest guest]

I did what you said -- it's definitly off. You just went to see

your OS? Can this be fixed with rubber bands? (Gosh I hope so!!!)

> >

> > Hi all -

> >

> > I just had the guts to lift my upper lip, and I can see that my

two

> > front upper teeth are off to the right as compared to my

nose!!! I

> > know there's still lots of swelling involved, but I really don't

> > think I could do another surgery like this again. Anyone else

see

> > this, and have it explained away, or was it the start of more to

> > come? :-(

> >

> > -Blake

[Guest guest]

I did what you said -- it's definitly off. You just went to see

your OS? Can this be fixed with rubber bands? (Gosh I hope so!!!)

> >

> > Hi all -

> >

> > I just had the guts to lift my upper lip, and I can see that my

two

> > front upper teeth are off to the right as compared to my

nose!!! I

> > know there's still lots of swelling involved, but I really don't

> > think I could do another surgery like this again. Anyone else

see

> > this, and have it explained away, or was it the start of more to

> > come? :-(

> >

> > -Blake

[Guest guest]

Blake, you asked " can this be fixed with rubber bands? " My guess is it

depends on the circumstance. In my case since only my upper was done

and I am not wearing braces I only have one band on either side

connected to pushpin looking lugs. he removed the band on one side in

hopes of tipping it a little. How this is supposed to correct a

rotation problem I don't know. In your case if you have multiple

banding locations they may be able to influence a rotaional movement.

Let your doc know your concerns at your next meeting and let me know

what he says. my next appt. is a week from monday so i'll know for

sure by then if he's overly optimistic or just trying to stall past

the statute of limitations. I'll keep you posted. eric

> > >

> > > Hi all -

> > >

> > > I just had the guts to lift my upper lip, and I can see that my

> two

> > > front upper teeth are off to the right as compared to my

> nose!!! I

> > > know there's still lots of swelling involved, but I really don't

> > > think I could do another surgery like this again. Anyone else

> see

> > > this, and have it explained away, or was it the start of more to

> > > come? :-(

> > >

> > > -Blake

[Guest guest]

Blake, you asked " can this be fixed with rubber bands? " My guess is it

depends on the circumstance. In my case since only my upper was done

and I am not wearing braces I only have one band on either side

connected to pushpin looking lugs. he removed the band on one side in

hopes of tipping it a little. How this is supposed to correct a

rotation problem I don't know. In your case if you have multiple

banding locations they may be able to influence a rotaional movement.

Let your doc know your concerns at your next meeting and let me know

what he says. my next appt. is a week from monday so i'll know for

sure by then if he's overly optimistic or just trying to stall past

the statute of limitations. I'll keep you posted. eric

> > >

> > > Hi all -

> > >

> > > I just had the guts to lift my upper lip, and I can see that my

> two

> > > front upper teeth are off to the right as compared to my

> nose!!! I

> > > know there's still lots of swelling involved, but I really don't

> > > think I could do another surgery like this again. Anyone else

> see

> > > this, and have it explained away, or was it the start of more to

> > > come? :-(

> > >

> > > -Blake