Guest guest Posted May 11, 2005 Report Share Posted May 11, 2005 This is really starting to bother me. My jaw seems like it was obviously overcorrected by several millimeters. When I had surgery for an underbite I did not expect to come out of it with an overbite, which in my opinion is worse. I have a checkup with my surgeon and I plan to grill him on this. Did any of you who are post-op have any experience with overcorrection? Did relapse eventually make it okay, or was your overcorrection permanent? Even if my jaw doesn't slide forward a bit, I'm hoping with orthodontics I can have it mostly fixed. Its not bad enough that I would go through surgery again, I am really tired of taking in 2500 calories daily through the blender. And the family is grilling out tonight.. :-/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 11, 2005 Report Share Posted May 11, 2005 How long post-op are you? I also had similar worries several weeks postop - seemed like I got myself an overbite instead of an underbite. But once the swelling went down, everything started looking much much better. Give it some time. Irene. > This is really starting to bother me. My jaw seems like it was > obviously overcorrected by several millimeters. When I had surgery for > an underbite I did not expect to come out of it with an overbite, which > in my opinion is worse. I have a checkup with my surgeon and I plan to > grill him on this. > > Did any of you who are post-op have any experience with > overcorrection? Did relapse eventually make it okay, or was your > overcorrection permanent? > > Even if my jaw doesn't slide forward a bit, I'm hoping with > orthodontics I can have it mostly fixed. Its not bad enough that I > would go through surgery again, I am really tired of taking in 2500 > calories daily through the blender. And the family is grilling out > tonight.. > > :-/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 11, 2005 Report Share Posted May 11, 2005 I, ironically, at different points, I was worried both about it not being pulled far forward enough and being pulled too far forward... At first I was convinced I still had an overbite- maybe 2-3 mm but as the muscles healed it went right into the perfect spot. ... except that before I had the surgery I had gotten into the unconcious habit of forcing my jaw forward to visually correct the overbite. After the surgery and the healing, I still had the habit except now it results in and underbite... or " angry jaw " as I so not eloquently call it. Now I jhust have to conciously try to break the habit. Don't know if this has anything to do with your case but it was kinda interesting... and note that it wasn't till I was pretty much totally healed that I FULLY saw what was going on and where my lower jaw decided to come to rest. Good Luck! Tova > > This is really starting to bother me. My jaw seems like it was > > obviously overcorrected by several millimeters. When I had surgery for > > an underbite I did not expect to come out of it with an overbite, which > > in my opinion is worse. I have a checkup with my surgeon and I plan to > > grill him on this. > > > > Did any of you who are post-op have any experience with > > overcorrection? Did relapse eventually make it okay, or was your > > overcorrection permanent? > > > > Even if my jaw doesn't slide forward a bit, I'm hoping with > > orthodontics I can have it mostly fixed. Its not bad enough that I > > would go through surgery again, I am really tired of taking in 2500 > > calories daily through the blender. And the family is grilling out > > tonight.. > > > > :-/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 11, 2005 Report Share Posted May 11, 2005 Thanks for the reassurance, I hope to get more when I go for my 2- week followup appointment on Monday. Today (Thursday) I am 14 days post-op. > > > This is really starting to bother me. My jaw seems like it was > > > obviously overcorrected by several millimeters. When I had surgery for > > > an underbite I did not expect to come out of it with an overbite, which > > > in my opinion is worse. I have a checkup with my surgeon and I plan to > > > grill him on this. > > > > > > Did any of you who are post-op have any experience with > > > overcorrection? Did relapse eventually make it okay, or was your > > > overcorrection permanent? > > > > > > Even if my jaw doesn't slide forward a bit, I'm hoping with > > > orthodontics I can have it mostly fixed. Its not bad enough that I > > > would go through surgery again, I am really tired of taking in 2500 > > > calories daily through the blender. And the family is grilling out > > > tonight.. > > > > > > :-/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 13, 2005 Report Share Posted May 13, 2005 Z - Easier said than done, but don't stress... it could be all in the plans... In my case, my ortho said that in order to straighten all my teeth to the point where they will lay properly in alignment with my lower after surgery, my teeth will actually be corrected but look worse and I will end up with a huge forward-driving overbite (if you know what a 25-year-old horse's teeth look like... that will be me by December!). This will persist post-surgery as well but is going to be corrected by the braces once my bones are healed and my teeth can be pulled back and into a more vertical position. And the scary thing is, they are already at too diagonal of a slant, but it isn't noticeable unless you are looking at the xrays! So, my suggestion is don't worry too much, but do be persistent in voicing your concerns to both your surgeon and your orthodontist... they are the ones that can say what is really going on! Kate > This is really starting to bother me. My jaw seems like it was > obviously overcorrected by several millimeters. When I had surgery for > an underbite I did not expect to come out of it with an overbite, which > in my opinion is worse. I have a checkup with my surgeon and I plan to > grill him on this. > > Did any of you who are post-op have any experience with > overcorrection? Did relapse eventually make it okay, or was your > overcorrection permanent? > > Even if my jaw doesn't slide forward a bit, I'm hoping with > orthodontics I can have it mostly fixed. Its not bad enough that I > would go through surgery again, I am really tired of taking in 2500 > calories daily through the blender. And the family is grilling out > tonight.. > > :-/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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