two bad words - and minirascal, are you out there?

[Guest guest]

Hi all. I don't pop in much anymore now that I'm a year and a half

post-op. It seems the surgery didn't stop my left joint from

getting worse. Since the outcome of my surgery hasn't been as

postive as hoped, I haven't visted much because I don't want to

scare others away from the surgery. My outcome isn't the norm, and I

still swear that my overall experience has been positive. I remain

hopefull that the much improved position of my teeth will help get

my bite stabilized.

So what brings me here today? I just had my one year follow up with

my ortho. I knew my bite had changed, but my upper and lower bonded

retainers are fine, and my upper removable retainer still fits like

a glove. That leaves the bones and the likely culprits. My teeth

don't meet on the right anymore, so my ortho suspects I've begun

experiencing the two words no one had yet voiced to me - condylar

resorbtion. As he put it, the condyles can " just melt " . I knew

about condylar resorbtion long before my visit today, largely from

the Yahoo boards (thanks, minirascal and others! It is good to be

prepared), so given my history of joint issues, it's always floated

around as an unspoken possibility in the back of my mind. Now it's

gone from possible to probable.

I already have plans to start splint therapy (again - round 3) in

early 2005, so even though this is the first specific mention of

condylar resporbtion in regards to me, I was already headed down the

path of treatment for it. Wish me luck as I continue on this path

that I'd hoped to have gotten off of by now! My best to all of you.

And if there are pre-opers reading this, remember, I'm NOT THE NORM!!

(used to be emshelby2003)

[Guest guest]

Hi all. I don't pop in much anymore now that I'm a year and a half

post-op. It seems the surgery didn't stop my left joint from

getting worse. Since the outcome of my surgery hasn't been as

postive as hoped, I haven't visted much because I don't want to

scare others away from the surgery. My outcome isn't the norm, and I

still swear that my overall experience has been positive. I remain

hopefull that the much improved position of my teeth will help get

my bite stabilized.

So what brings me here today? I just had my one year follow up with

my ortho. I knew my bite had changed, but my upper and lower bonded

retainers are fine, and my upper removable retainer still fits like

a glove. That leaves the bones and the likely culprits. My teeth

don't meet on the right anymore, so my ortho suspects I've begun

experiencing the two words no one had yet voiced to me - condylar

resorbtion. As he put it, the condyles can " just melt " . I knew

about condylar resorbtion long before my visit today, largely from

the Yahoo boards (thanks, minirascal and others! It is good to be

prepared), so given my history of joint issues, it's always floated

around as an unspoken possibility in the back of my mind. Now it's

gone from possible to probable.

I already have plans to start splint therapy (again - round 3) in

early 2005, so even though this is the first specific mention of

condylar resporbtion in regards to me, I was already headed down the

path of treatment for it. Wish me luck as I continue on this path

that I'd hoped to have gotten off of by now! My best to all of you.

And if there are pre-opers reading this, remember, I'm NOT THE NORM!!

(used to be emshelby2003)