Guest guest Posted May 5, 2005 Report Share Posted May 5, 2005 Hi Zulu! Happy anniversary! And thanks for the update. I don't know anything about the 2 mm tolerance, but I do agree that for very small movements, it's likely not worth doing the surgery. Although I would want a surgeon to tell me that! All the best, > I had lower jaw advancement on May 5 2004 – exactly one year ago. > > My feelings are mixed about the surgery. Although, I'm somewhat happy > with the results, I'm not happy about the resulting asymmetry. > > I recently learned that surgeons have about a 2mm accuracy. In my > opinion, this is enough to show asymmetry. Of course, this is a moot > point if your jaw or bite is in bad shape before the surgery; however, > if you're doing the surgery on minor bite problems (less than 6mm), I > would NOT recommend the surgery since the surgeon can only be accurate > up to 2mm… > > By the way, my jaw is fully healed and I have no numbness (in fact, i > had full sensation after 2months). Unfortunately, I'm still in braces > and will probably be for another 6 months… > > Funnily, the first thing I notice on people are their bites and teeth. > I'm sure everyone else is the same…. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 5, 2005 Report Share Posted May 5, 2005 Hi Zulu Could you elaborate a bit on what you mean by asymmetry plse? Is it that you feel your jaw is not centered or your bite or something else? Thanks, Sara > I had lower jaw advancement on May 5 2004 – exactly one year ago. > > My feelings are mixed about the surgery. Although, I'm somewhat happy > with the results, I'm not happy about the resulting asymmetry. > > I recently learned that surgeons have about a 2mm accuracy. In my > opinion, this is enough to show asymmetry. Of course, this is a moot > point if your jaw or bite is in bad shape before the surgery; however, > if you're doing the surgery on minor bite problems (less than 6mm), I > would NOT recommend the surgery since the surgeon can only be accurate > up to 2mm… > > By the way, my jaw is fully healed and I have no numbness (in fact, i > had full sensation after 2months). Unfortunately, I'm still in braces > and will probably be for another 6 months… > > Funnily, the first thing I notice on people are their bites and teeth. > I'm sure everyone else is the same…. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 5, 2005 Report Share Posted May 5, 2005 Hi Sara, Do you live in Milan? I lived in Milan for about 3 years. Facial asymmetry probably has many forms; however, in my case, i feel the left side of my jaw is a bit tilted... I stated earlier, i was shocked to find out that there is a 2mm tolerence on the procedure... i suspect a few people on this forum didn't know about the 2mm tolerence.... > > I had lower jaw advancement on May 5 2004 – exactly one year ago. > > > > My feelings are mixed about the surgery. Although, I'm somewhat > happy > > with the results, I'm not happy about the resulting asymmetry. > > > > I recently learned that surgeons have about a 2mm accuracy. In my > > opinion, this is enough to show asymmetry. Of course, this is a > moot > > point if your jaw or bite is in bad shape before the surgery; > however, > > if you're doing the surgery on minor bite problems (less than 6mm), > I > > would NOT recommend the surgery since the surgeon can only be > accurate > > up to 2mm… > > > > By the way, my jaw is fully healed and I have no numbness (in fact, > i > > had full sensation after 2months). Unfortunately, I'm still in > braces > > and will probably be for another 6 months… > > > > Funnily, the first thing I notice on people are their bites and > teeth. > > I'm sure everyone else is the same…. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 6, 2005 Report Share Posted May 6, 2005 Hi Zulu! Good to hear from you again, although I'm sorry you're still not satisfied with your results. It's also good to hear, though, that you're satisfied with the absence of numbness. I do think we all tend to fixate, more or less, on these problems, once we become aware of them. For me, my little bitty 5mm made a difference. Of course, there were 3 mm to the side, so maybe that adds up to an 8. I dunno. I'm happy not to have been a 10. Best, Cammie > I had lower jaw advancement on May 5 2004 – exactly one year ago. > > My feelings are mixed about the surgery. Although, I'm somewhat happy > with the results, I'm not happy about the resulting asymmetry. > > I recently learned that surgeons have about a 2mm accuracy. In my > opinion, this is enough to show asymmetry. Of course, this is a moot > point if your jaw or bite is in bad shape before the surgery; however, > if you're doing the surgery on minor bite problems (less than 6mm), I > would NOT recommend the surgery since the surgeon can only be accurate > up to 2mm… > > By the way, my jaw is fully healed and I have no numbness (in fact, i > had full sensation after 2months). Unfortunately, I'm still in braces > and will probably be for another 6 months… > > Funnily, the first thing I notice on people are their bites and teeth. > I'm sure everyone else is the same…. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 6, 2005 Report Share Posted May 6, 2005 HI Cammie, Overall, i'm happy with the results. There is no point in sulking about the final results, since there is nothing i can do to change them... when i complained to my ortho about the asymmetry, he said my nose was a bit crooked and needed plastic surgery!!!! i think i've done enough facial surgery for a while... LOL > > I had lower jaw advancement on May 5 2004 – exactly one year ago. > > > > My feelings are mixed about the surgery. Although, I'm somewhat > happy > > with the results, I'm not happy about the resulting asymmetry. > > > > I recently learned that surgeons have about a 2mm accuracy. In my > > opinion, this is enough to show asymmetry. Of course, this is a > moot > > point if your jaw or bite is in bad shape before the surgery; > however, > > if you're doing the surgery on minor bite problems (less than > 6mm), I > > would NOT recommend the surgery since the surgeon can only be > accurate > > up to 2mm… > > > > By the way, my jaw is fully healed and I have no numbness (in > fact, i > > had full sensation after 2months). Unfortunately, I'm still in > braces > > and will probably be for another 6 months… > > > > Funnily, the first thing I notice on people are their bites and > teeth. > > I'm sure everyone else is the same…. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 7, 2005 Report Share Posted May 7, 2005 Glad to hear that, Zulu. And I agree, enuf is enuf. Unless there's something giving you the sniffle-snuffles (the remnants of Hurrican Ivan here are doing that still to me, to the point that I'm about ready to go in for a sinusectomy! Not really. But I'm weary of the snuffleupaguses. All sorts of odd pollens, weeds, bugs and other critters get blown in with such a whoosh!) But did you ask him, at least, how many mm? or fractional mm? I couldn't have resisted... C. > > Hi Zulu! > > > > Good to hear from you again, although I'm sorry you're still not > > satisfied with your results. > > > > It's also good to hear, though, that you're satisfied with the > > absence of numbness. > > > > I do think we all tend to fixate, more or less, on these problems, > > once we become aware of them. > > > > For me, my little bitty 5mm made a difference. Of course, there > were > > 3 mm to the side, so maybe that adds up to an 8. I dunno. > > > > I'm happy not to have been a 10. > > > > Best, > > > > Cammie > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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