Re: Anyone get genio and upper-jaw surgery (don't know what that's called)?

[Guest guest]

I assume you are currently having orthodontic treatment in

preparation for your surgery. Since your case sounds very

similar to mine, I'm going to assume that you will either have

lower advancement, upper moved back/maybe up, and

genioplasty or you'll have lower advancement and genioplasty.

Then again, maybe you're just having upper and the genioplasty.

At any rate, if you are in good shape and heal fairly well from

" injuries " (surgery really is a " controlled injury " to attain a desired

result), you would probably be looking quite acceptable within

two or three weeks following your surgery. I was in the middle of

a college semester when I had my lower

advancement/genioplasty done having the surgery on a

Wednesday and returning to class the following Tuesday. I

packed some type of sloppy meal in a a thermos and headed to

school, bands, splints and all. But nobody much seemed to

notice or care. That was ten years ago, I recently had a second

genioplasty since my chin was so severely recessive it was far

from corrected after the first surgery..... my bite was great, but the

profile was still weak. My photos are in the " bad post op " folder.

So my advice is to be sure you are getting the amount of

advancement you need to be corrected or at least understand up

front that you will be " improved " but not corrected and further

procedures may be desired to obtain the final result you desire.

>

> Hey guys, I have a big overbite and a recessed chin and plan

on

> getting surgery in the summer before I go to college. I'm

worried

> that I may not be healed by college though, and I really don't

want

> to go to school all swollen. So could someone please tell me

what the

> recovery time is like and how long it took before they were

> presentable and could eat?

[Guest guest]

Thanks for your advice, I hope your second surgery gave you the

results that you want. Sorry I wasn't more specific before- i'm

getting a genioplasty (thats when they break your jaw and move your

lower jaw forward right?) and im moving my upper jaw back and up b/c

i have a gummy smile and can't close my mouth with ease. So hopefully

everything works out for me as well as it did for you. How long did

you have to wear the splints for, and was your jaw ever wired?

> >

> > Hey guys, I have a big overbite and a recessed chin and plan

> on

> > getting surgery in the summer before I go to college. I'm

> worried

> > that I may not be healed by college though, and I really don't

> want

> > to go to school all swollen. So could someone please tell me

> what the

> > recovery time is like and how long it took before they were

> > presentable and could eat?

[Guest guest]

Actually genioplasty just cuts the lower portion of the jaw/chin

and slides it forward, but not the entire jaw. That is mandibular

advancement. I was not wired, and the majority of surgeries are

no longer wired as the plates and screws that are permanently

placed allow enough stabilization to avoid the complete

immobilization of wiring. However, it is still used in some cases.

I think I had the splints for a couple weeks.

> > >

> > > Hey guys, I have a big overbite and a recessed chin and

plan

> > on

> > > getting surgery in the summer before I go to college. I'm

> > worried

> > > that I may not be healed by college though, and I really don't

> > want

> > > to go to school all swollen. So could someone please tell

me

> > what the

> > > recovery time is like and how long it took before they were

> > > presentable and could eat?

[Guest guest]

I plan to do the same - well actually I'll be getting upper, lower,

and genio. IF all goes the way I want it, I'll be getting the surgery

during summer vacation before I head off to college. I have no doubt

it'll be enough time to heal - after all people get this surgery in

the midst of a normal working month and junk like that. I was even

hoping to spend at least the second month all healed and having some

last minute teenager fun'ness. -shrug- we'll see. =]