Has anyone been unhappy with results of surgery? Redo?

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Hi everyone Please read my post # 90740. I am wondering if and how

hard it would be to rebreak jaw and put it back where it was

originally. Can they tell where it was positioned originally?? Please

help. I think I may have to redo...my top jaw is so crooked. Ortho

could only do so much. God i hate to go through that nightmare again.

Please beware everyone..The end result could be far worse than you

were before.

Thanks to the person who replied to original post. Best of luck

with your daughters surgery. I'll check out that Southlake Dr.

Robin

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Dear Lonnierobin

I am so sorry to hear about your unfortunate surgery and results. I

would say that the best person to ask your questions to would be a new

oral surgeon that comes highly recommended and that has experience in

dealing with relapse cases. I'm not sure if the jaw bone is different

from any other bone in our body but I know that a few years back I

broke my foot really bady and when it healed it didn't heal properly.

The doctors said that they would have to rebreak it and put in a screw

to make sure that the bone healed properly. Since I didn't really want

to go through that process and I can still walk and run fine (just

can't run for as long as I used to or wear heels for 8 hours straight

any more) I decided not to undergo the surgery. However, my guess is

that your jaw bone could be reshifted back into a more straight

position just as my foot bone could have. But I might be totally wrong!

Speak to an oral surgeon. What did your ortho have to say about all of

this??

You say: " Please beware everyone..The end result could be far worse

than you were before. "

I understand that your experience has been terrible but I just wanted

to let everyone know that the end result could also be far better than

you were before. Some people unfortunately do not have a choice. They

need to do surgery or face a life of debilitating pain. I don't mean to

come across harsh and it is important that you keep on posting your

experiences here, I just don't want people to be totally terrified of

doing the surgery. As in all things in life, there are good and bad

experiences.

Wishing you the best of luck,

Sara

> Hi everyone Please read my post # 90740. I am wondering if and

how

> hard it would be to rebreak jaw and put it back where it was

> originally. Can they tell where it was positioned originally??

Please

> help. I think I may have to redo...my top jaw is so crooked. Ortho

> could only do so much. God i hate to go through that nightmare again.

> Please beware everyone..The end result could be far worse than you

> were before.

>

> Thanks to the person who replied to original post. Best of luck

> with your daughters surgery. I'll check out that Southlake Dr.

>

> Robin

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I was originally supposed to have a redo of my upper jaw (lefort I) so

my surgeon and I had talked about it at length. The surgery can be

redone but it may be a little more complicated because of scar tissue

from your previous surgery. However if you only have to have the upper

redone, your recovery should be a little easier than having upper and

lower done together. It's not actually a break, it's more like a

precise cut. You may not have to be wired this time around but, of

course, that's up to your surgeon. At the very least, since you've

been through jaw surgery before, you'll know exactly what to expect so

that makes it a little easier as well. It did for me anyway.

Good luck. I hope you don't need anymore surgery after all.

> Hi everyone Please read my post # 90740. I am wondering if and

how

> hard it would be to rebreak jaw and put it back where it was

> originally. Can they tell where it was positioned originally??

Please

> help. I think I may have to redo...my top jaw is so crooked. Ortho

> could only do so much. God i hate to go through that nightmare

again.

> Please beware everyone..The end result could be far worse than you

> were before.

>

> Thanks to the person who replied to original post. Best of luck

> with your daughters surgery. I'll check out that Southlake Dr.

>

> Robin

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Sara,

Thank you ... for saying that better than I could.

Carol

> > Hi everyone Please read my post # 90740. I am wondering if

and

> how

> > hard it would be to rebreak jaw and put it back where it was

> > originally. Can they tell where it was positioned originally??

> Please

> > help. I think I may have to redo...my top jaw is so crooked.

Ortho

> > could only do so much. God i hate to go through that nightmare

again.

> > Please beware everyone..The end result could be far worse than

you

> > were before.

> >

> > Thanks to the person who replied to original post. Best of

luck

> > with your daughters surgery. I'll check out that Southlake Dr.

> >

> > Robin