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I had my lower jaw moved forward and a sliding genioplasty ten

years ago. My bite is good, but the lip incompetence is quite

bad. I think it has worsened over time and when I relax my face

my lips are at least a quarter inch apart. My OS mentioned

post-op that he could have moved the upper jaw back and that

would have fixed the problem, but he chose not to do so, as he

thought the bite improvement was good enough. I accepted the

results at that time and my orthodontist was also all " bouncing

with joy " at my results, but I have grown really tired of not being

able to shut my lips unless I force them to. They get dry, I play

with them a lot, etc. plus my face gets contorted when I close

them. I assume that the only real solution will be to do it all over

again and I'm consulting with an OS in two weeks. Anyone else

with a similar situation.

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I had my lower jaw moved forward and a sliding genioplasty ten

years ago. My bite is good, but the lip incompetence is quite

bad. I think it has worsened over time and when I relax my face

my lips are at least a quarter inch apart. My OS mentioned

post-op that he could have moved the upper jaw back and that

would have fixed the problem, but he chose not to do so, as he

thought the bite improvement was good enough. I accepted the

results at that time and my orthodontist was also all " bouncing

with joy " at my results, but I have grown really tired of not being

able to shut my lips unless I force them to. They get dry, I play

with them a lot, etc. plus my face gets contorted when I close

them. I assume that the only real solution will be to do it all over

again and I'm consulting with an OS in two weeks. Anyone else

with a similar situation.

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