Guest guest Posted February 14, 2005 Report Share Posted February 14, 2005 Hiya! You sound a bit like me in my last letter. I am also rubber banded shut and in a lot of pain with that same grinding thing going on. It feels like everything is constantly shifting and the whole thing is sort of hap-hazzardly held together by spit and scotch tape. My surgery was on 1/24 so I am a little advanced from you in terms of the healing stage. It's hard to really see what's going on just yet... things will sort of settle into place. When my back teeth were not meeting after they rubber banded me the first time, I asked about it and was told the orthodontist could fix it with the braces. My boyfriend said it sounded like computer people... the hardware people say it's software and the software people say it's hardware. Why don't you make an appointment with your ortho just to confirm that they will end up in the right place? As long as you are still in the early healing stages, nothing is set in stone - I only say that because that is what I was told when my jaw was enjoying a field trip to the left side of my face. I was also told that despite the fact that I felt like a big pain in their butts- now was the time to speak up and make myself heard if something did not feel right. Also, I had an overbite to start with and even now, still feel like I have a bit of an overbite in the position my teeth are with the rubber bands... They told me it is normal too- that in a " normal " bite, the front top teeth will sit slightly in front of the bottom teeth a bit- and especially in the rubber bands because they are so tight. Maybe we have the same surgeon and were both getting the same story...:-) One thing will suggest... hold off on the regret until you have more hard evidence to make the call... regret will just make you feel worse and make the healing process longer and more frustrating. I've been through regret- to happiness- to annoyance to relief and almost to complete disassociation. Your mood will change as your teeth do. Good luck! Tova > > Hey there, > I had a maxillary advance on feb 2, 2005, and a genioplasty for a > class 3 underbite that made it hard to eat and talk, but i am > worried that the OS kinda got it wrong. I feel like my maxilla is > now too long in the front and that my OS should have impacted it to > shorten it a bit. I went from a bad underbite to an overbite. He > says that braces will bring the upper jaw back a bit, but i don't > know if that's going to be enough. Also the jaws really don't line > up like the models showed before surgery and i am having to wear > these evil strong rubber bands on my braces that are pulling so hard > on my teeth, and because they don't line up well there is this awful > teeth grating going on all the time. Has anyone else had problems > like these? I am really discouraged right now. I am having trouble > eating and cry at least once a day. I would really appreciate any > advice or experience or encouragement that anyone has to offer. I am > going through this pretty much alone and i just don't know what to do > Thanks, > Regretting surgery > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 15, 2005 Report Share Posted February 15, 2005 Hang in there! I had an 11mm overjet and braces reduced it to 5mm... surgery corrected the rest of the overjet. So, braces can probably fix that overjet... the surgeon can use many trick post-op to fine tune and perfect the results... > > Hey there, > I had a maxillary advance on feb 2, 2005, and a genioplasty for a > class 3 underbite that made it hard to eat and talk, but i am > worried that the OS kinda got it wrong. I feel like my maxilla is > now too long in the front and that my OS should have impacted it to > shorten it a bit. I went from a bad underbite to an overbite. He > says that braces will bring the upper jaw back a bit, but i don't > know if that's going to be enough. Also the jaws really don't line > up like the models showed before surgery and i am having to wear > these evil strong rubber bands on my braces that are pulling so hard > on my teeth, and because they don't line up well there is this awful > teeth grating going on all the time. Has anyone else had problems > like these? I am really discouraged right now. I am having trouble > eating and cry at least once a day. I would really appreciate any > advice or experience or encouragement that anyone has to offer. I am > going through this pretty much alone and i just don't know what to do > Thanks, > Regretting surgery Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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