Re: Re: new, surgery April 6

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Hi Bob,

Thanks for the email, I guess we do have similar situations. You're going to

have surgery to fix a mess that shouldn't have happened. I always thought

dentistry and orthodontics were pretty predicable. I put way to much trust

into letting the dentist/ortho decide stuff about my mouth, when I should

have listened to myself. Sometimes your teeth are where they are because

nature put them there, and they manage to serve you well. I'm starting to

wonder if humans were all meant to have the same cookie cutter game show

host smiles. I mean no disrepect for those who really benefit from surgery

and it's life altering effects. Thank goodness for the technology. But for

those of us who got to this point by trying to fix something that wasn't

broken, it's hard to accept. I hope your surgery goes well and you have a

speedy recovery. Keep focusing on having a fun trip in Las Vegas in Sept. I

know a great buffet at the Mandelay (sp?) Bay, you can celebrate by eating

anything you want. Take care, let me know how the surgery goes.

Sherri

Re: new, surgery April 6

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> Hi Sherri

> Your story sounds a little bit similar to mine , believe me i know

> your feelings of frustration and anger at having to go through all

> this because of professional bad advise...It,s not right.....

> I was 46 when my ordeal all began 2 years and 3 months ago , My

> teeth and bite worked well , I had no problems other than the were

> starting to move and become a bit crooked ...Thats when my Dentist

> suggested that he could fix them....As it turned out I had a class 3

> maloclusion(whatever that was) and HE Decided that rather than go

> through the Surgery/Braces route( which had that been explained as

> the only option ...just would'nt have happened as I did not consider

> my teeth that bad for such extreme measures)...His treatment plan

> would be to Crown 12 front teeth and create an " end to end " bite to

> compensate for the maloclusion ,suggesting that it would turn out as

> good and perhaps even better than braces/surgery as well as saving

> me,having them rearrange my face ....This is how my nightmare

> begins...Long story short, I now have nice straight teeth that crash

> down onto each other as the angle was changed for them to meet " end

> to end " ....this has thrown my mouth into disfuctional turmoil , I

> could never have imagined that teeth on teeth could have caused this

> much chao's.....He finally sent me to a specialist who was horrified

> that he had attempted this...for the past 8 months life has been

> bearable as long as I wear my splint 24/7 .... Some 40 appts. later I

> am now sitting here writing this waiting for the hosptital to

> call ,to give my time to show up for surgery TOMMORROW(holy crap),

> anyway they the have to move my bottom jaw back 5 ml to stop my front

> top teeth from crashing into my bottom front teeth ,by doing this it

> throws all my back teeth out of line so after I've mended from

> surgery I will need them all recrowned ...Apparently I get a Bonus

> chin job out of the deal, as they move my jaw back the chin goes with

> it and they don't want that....I hope it does'nt change the way I

> look to much as I have an Identical Twin ,...although he told me to

> ask the surgeon to save the " blueprint " just incase he likes the way

> it turns out ,LOL....

> We have just booked 10 days in vegas for the end of Sept. to

> celebrate the end of this mess...so I,m hopin it's all over by

> then!!....Whew , I think I just vented ....Sorry....

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> 4 weeks till it's your turn

> Good luck & take care

> Bob

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> <shaab@g...> wrote:

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>> Hi Everyone,

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>> I want to introduce myself and let all of you know how glad I am

>> that this group exists. I am having lower advancement on April

>> 6th. I have a few questions for the group, but first a bit about

>> me, forgive the lengthy post:

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>> I am 40 and have had braces on for 2 years. I'm having a hard time

>> getting psychologically prepared for a surgery I never intended to

>> have. My whole life I knew I had a slight overbite, apparently it

>> doesn't show much in my profile, no one can tell. I was always

> told

>> that I wasn't bad enough to need braces as a kid. A few years ago

>> my dentist said I should have had braces, as my back teeth show

>> signs of wear. I decided to get braces and was given 3 options:

>> 1.surgery would fix me 100% 2. braces without surgery would make me

>> 80% better off, mostly cosmetic or 3. do nothing Well, I started

>> out feeling 100% great, so chose option 2. 80% better has got to be

>> fantastic. 1 year later, all my teeth went off-line as they

>> straightened. Now,I have only one tooth that touches in the back.

>> The ortho said I was one of those picky people, and that some

> people

>> in life can live with a rock in their shoe and not be bothered. (I

>> switched orthos, to make a long story short, after all who on earth

>> would pay $3500 for a rock in their shoe) I know now that I should

>> have only opted for braces/surgery-I was under diagnosed. If I

>> could go back in time and do nothing, I would. So after 2nd

>> opinions and carefully selecting an ortho and surgeon, they all

>> agree that the only way out of this mess is surgery. I've learned

>> by this that if you feel your dr isn't listening or paying

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>> along the way, listen to your gut, get the heck out of there and

>> find someone you feel good about.

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>> My questions for you:

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>> I work at home, writing craft books, are most of you back at work

>> after 2 weeks?

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>> My sister is coming out to help me, when do you need the most help

>> after sugery? My husband and kids can help, but they are busy with

>> work and school.

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>> Last of all, did any of you have anxiety about whether the surgery

>> really would put your teeth back in line? I do not have much faith

>> in getting my bite back, I'm scared. Are most of you able to feel

>> an improvement after surgery. I read about Dan, I'm curious to ask

>> Dan if you read this, aside from assemetry, how is your bite now? I

>> started out caring about pretty teeth, now I just want to chew gum

>> or bite a sandwich.

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>> Thanks for listening, I look forward to your friendship as surgery

>> approaches. Sherri

>> www.sherrihaab.com

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