need help can you feel the plates and screws used in the surgery

[Guest guest]

I havn't had,..and don't know if I will proceed with my upper jaw

surgery..I'm considering it for a small aesthetic change, like

having what I call a big " out smile " you knoe like all the actresses

and people with big toothy wide smiles but alot of the factors

involved realy freak me out!!! Can you feel the plates and screws

in your jaw? And has anyone use reabsorbable ones?

Thanks,

[Guest guest]

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Yeah...i can feel the plates in my jaw. they aren't noticeable by

looking at me...but when i rub my face i can feel them. and my face

still feels tight in the areas where the plates are...i have six

plates across my upper jaw...just below my eye sockets...check out

my x-ray...under Tom's Jaw Surgery...you'll see that they aren't

like huge or anything. and that isn't meant to freak you out or

anything. it honestly doesn't bother me at all. but like when i'm

washing my face or rubbing my eyes or whatever...i can feel them.

Tom

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> I havn't had,..and don't know if I will proceed with my upper jaw

> surgery..I'm considering it for a small aesthetic change, like

> having what I call a big " out smile " you knoe like all the

actresses

> and people with big toothy wide smiles but alot of the factors

> involved realy freak me out!!! Can you feel the plates and screws

> in your jaw? And has anyone use reabsorbable ones?

>

> Thanks,

[Guest guest]

I have one plate and two wires on the lower jaw, but the only way I

accepted to do the surgery is by getting assurance from the surgeon

that I can remove them in 6 months post op. I dont want to live with

them and I hear to remove them is not a huge operation, of course

more expenses and invonvenice, risk of infection etc, but I dont want

to have them once I heal.

I also asked for resorpable material but my surgeon said they were

not shown to be very steady so he didnt recommend them. He simply

agreed once I heal totake out the titanium.

> >

> > I havn't had,..and don't know if I will proceed with my upper jaw

> > surgery..I'm considering it for a small aesthetic change, like

> > having what I call a big " out smile " you knoe like all the

> actresses

> > and people with big toothy wide smiles but alot of the factors

> > involved realy freak me out!!! Can you feel the plates and

screws

> > in your jaw? And has anyone use reabsorbable ones?

> >

> > Thanks,