Re: Surgery in 2-3 months

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Hi

welcome! i'm also due for surgery at the end of may/beginning of June

so we shall be recovering patients together. Re: your question about

surgical wires it's not too early actually. I've had braces on since

Dec 1st so approx 4 months too and I had my surgical wires put in

about three weeks ago. First the bottom and then the top. My ortho

told me that I'm done in terms of orthdontics work pre-surgery. Now

all that there is left to do is the surgery which i really just want

to get over with at this point but am in the middle of deciding on

which surgeon to go with since my current OS has not been following

me as tentatively as I would have liked. I am also having my top jaw

done (le forte 1, three segments) and genio. Is your surgeon wiring

you or banding you? Did he give you an approximate time for how long

it would be before you could start dancing again? What type of dance

do you do? I did ballet for 4 years when I was younger and modern for

another two years. I'm sure that your new smile will help you gain

confidence in everything, even ur dancing and I have a feeling all

orthognathic patients smile a hell of a lot more post-surgery and

post-healing. And look at it this way, you know for sure that you'll

be able to bite into a sandwhich without looking like a ravenous dog

from now on.

Glad to hear there is someone else out there who is having surgery at

the same time as I am.

Sara

>

> Hi. My name is and I am 18, will be 19 right around (maybe the

> day after fun fun) surgery. I have posted a few times but mainly

> just lurked and browsed over the past year. I am having my top jaw

> split in three sections to move it up and back, and my lower jaw

> moved foward a bit, and my chin moved foward a bit. I have an

> open/over bite right now and an extremely gummy smile and rounded

> out profile. I cannot wait for this surgery to finally bite normal

> and not be self conscious about my bite or eating in front of

people

> or how i look anymore. I got my braces on Dec. 7th, 2004 (4 months

> ago). I went to the ortho today and he took new molds. He said

> everything is in alignment except for one molar that is too low and

> is making my molds rock around a little. I have to come back in one

> week and he said he would change my wires to fix the tooth. He also

> mentioned putting surgical wires on...isnt that too early for a

> hopefully beginning of june surgery though???? Maybe i misheard

> him... In the meantime my ortho will sit down with my surgeon to

> discuss the molds and surgery. Should i call my surgeon for

anything

> right now or wait and see what my ortho says next week. I am

afraid

> that i might not get my surgery when i want it because my surgeon

> only does them 2 tuesdays a month (hospital regulations i guess).

> And so I am highly hoping for June 7th or 14th(but my bday is the

> 15th so hopefully the 7th) THis is concerning me because it is only

> 8 weeks away and i am afraid the hospital will get booked soon.

> Anyways..not really much to ask..just wanted to update/introduce

> myself again. I will try to get pics up eventually.

>

> ohhh....also... I am a dancer and have in my mind that my face is

> holding me back from being a good dancer because of expression. Is

> it a bad thing to be having such high expectations that after my

> surgery i wont be a quiet shy dancer anymore and have good

> expressions when i dance?? Did you guys become more expressive in

> general(smiling, etc) or much less quiet and reserved after

> surgery??? Thanks!