Re: OVER-correction of long upper jaw/gummy smile??

[Guest guest]

Hi guys, sounds like you guys have had the same surgery they are

recommending for me. Its sounds like for the most part the upper

being moved up and the chin done were both done well and you seem

happy with it other then the lack of teeth showing which is a

concern of mine as well, one of many hehe just wanted to say nice to

see some people who have had some good results and sara sounds like

yours for the most part came out good and hopefully the swelling

will go down and the teeth with show again. Keep us posted if you

can , take care

Rick

> >

> > Hi all,

> >

> > I think I finally figured out what's looking so odd to me as I

try

> > to adjust to my new frontal appearance. I had a long upper

> jaw/gummy

> > smile (corrected by LeFort I, approx 5 mm upwards) as well as

the

> > genio to bring my chin forwards (not sure how many mm). It's

now

> > been 6 weeks, and I'm still somewhat swollen (the bruising is

very

> > nearly gone -- finally!). But today I realized that when I

speak,

> my

> > upper teeth are now practically HIDDEN -- it's ONLY my lower

teeth

> > that are visible when I speak. Similarly, when I smile, it's

> mostly

> > my lower teeth that show, and maybe ONLY 2 or 3mm of the uppers -

-

> so

> > not only is my gummy smile gone (which was the point), but it

> seems

> > like about half my upper teeth appear " gone " as well (which

> *wasn't*

> > the point, to my knowledge)! Only when I smile as big as I can -

> > - almost " snarling " to lift my upper lip -- can you see the

> entirety

> > of my upper teeth (and a *tiny* sliver of my gums).

> >

> > This seems/appears really unnatural to me -- it's normal to see

> most

> > or all of the upper teeth when people speak and smile, isn't

it?

> Has

> > anyone had a similar issue after a LeFort? Is this something

that

> > may still be related to swelling (and so will improve over the

> coming

> > months)? If it's not related to swelling, has anyone had it

> > corrected (either by having your ortho bring down level of your

> front

> > teeth a little lower, or -- horrors! -- another surgery?) I'm

> seeing

> > my surgeon later in the week for an appointment, but I wanted to

> get

> > any feedback from people here who might have had similar

> > issues/concerns.

> >

> > Thanks!

> > Sara