I'll take an Open Bite for 200 !

[Guest guest]

Hey guys,

I'd appreciate some thoughtful advice. I took some pics and x-rays

last week and after talking it over with the three amigos: my ortho,

a surgeon, and a dentist, they are saying that surgery may be a good

idea.

Here it is:

I have an open bite and it's class 3, and I'll need upper and lower

(all the details I have for now). If I move forward, I'll need

braces for 9 months, then surgery, braces for another 6. I'm 29 and

I'm having a hard time making a decision. If I didn't have to wear

the braces, I'd want to have surgery tomorrow. My thinking is that I

first had lingual uppers for 18 months and following had the lower

braces on for another 18 months (still on). It wasn't made clear

enough to me that my bite was not going to close all the way; it

managed to close a few mm's. A combination of this fact and the

reality that I didn't want to have surgery back then is troubling.

Now I'll need to reverse some of the movement (in order to prepare

for surgery) I've been spending months trying to improve.

Bottom line: I want a closed bite vs. I don't want to wear braces

for 15 months. Is it worth it?

Is this whole thing a big pain in the arse or what? Taking it all

in stride...I just need a little suppowt from my orthognathic

friends

Photo Album under: Lanista

[Guest guest]

Hey guys,

I'd appreciate some thoughtful advice. I took some pics and x-rays

last week and after talking it over with the three amigos: my ortho,

a surgeon, and a dentist, they are saying that surgery may be a good

idea.

Here it is:

I have an open bite and it's class 3, and I'll need upper and lower

(all the details I have for now). If I move forward, I'll need

braces for 9 months, then surgery, braces for another 6. I'm 29 and

I'm having a hard time making a decision. If I didn't have to wear

the braces, I'd want to have surgery tomorrow. My thinking is that I

first had lingual uppers for 18 months and following had the lower

braces on for another 18 months (still on). It wasn't made clear

enough to me that my bite was not going to close all the way; it

managed to close a few mm's. A combination of this fact and the

reality that I didn't want to have surgery back then is troubling.

Now I'll need to reverse some of the movement (in order to prepare

for surgery) I've been spending months trying to improve.

Bottom line: I want a closed bite vs. I don't want to wear braces

for 15 months. Is it worth it?

Is this whole thing a big pain in the arse or what? Taking it all

in stride...I just need a little suppowt from my orthognathic

friends

Photo Album under: Lanista