Re: Bite Change before surgery

[Guest guest]

Jae,

What kind of a device are you wearing for your teeth grinding? Is it a full

mouth guard?

Diane, Oregon

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>Reply-To: orthognathicsurgerysupport

>To: orthognathicsurgerysupport

>Subject: [Orthognathic Surgery Support ] Bite Change before surgery

>Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 19:38:06 -0000

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[Guest guest]

Jae, my bite has changed quite a bit since I've had braces. My back

teeth barely touch and everything is hitting in weird places. I've

been told this is normal though because the ortho is putting things

into the right place for after surgery and I was told it could get

worse before it gets better. I don't know if this info will help you

any, but there are lots of things to consider to decide on whether or

not to have surgery. If your bite has changed a lot, I would check

with your ortho to see whats going on.

> I was wondering if anybody's bite changed drastically before

surgery.

> I did not have an open bite before, but now I do. I think it's

because

> of the night guard I've been using because of my teeth grinding.

I'm

> not sure if this is only a temporary bite change or a permanent

one.

> Should I just proceed with surgery and let the surgeon fix it?

>

> Jae

[Guest guest]

Jae,

I don't remember when you said your surgery was, or how long you've

been in braces...

In the 7 weeks since I had my braces put on, I have gone from a

severe open bite to an even worse overbite... still open but now I

can *accidentally* bang my top and bottom front teeth together. OUCH!

My OD said my teeth will look much worse at the time of surgery than

before braces (if that's even possible, I'm afraid to see what I have

coming!), but the only thing they want are all of my teeth brought

down and together... surgery will correct the worst of it, especially

the open bite which will still persist - and likely even worse as

well.

It never hurts to ask your OD, though! It's not impossible that the

bite guard could be pushing things, too!

Good Luck!

Kate

> I was wondering if anybody's bite changed drastically before

surgery.

> I did not have an open bite before, but now I do. I think it's

because

> of the night guard I've been using because of my teeth grinding.

I'm

> not sure if this is only a temporary bite change or a permanent

one.

> Should I just proceed with surgery and let the surgeon fix it?

>

> Jae

[Guest guest]

Jae

I was also warned that my bite and teeth would actually get worse pre-

surgery due to the pre-op orthodontics and indeed it has all gotten

worse! The way it was explained to me is that in order to get your

teeth aligned a worsening of the bite is more or less inevitable. In

my case the back teeth on my upper jaw were pushed forward so that

they now sit on top of the back teeth of my bottom jaw (more or less

because they only sit on top of them half way). Because of this my

open bite has gotten worse. On top of this no brackets were put on my

2 upper bicuspids because they are being removed during surgery. The

end result however is that while the rest of my teeth have been

pushed forward and out my two bicuspids are still in their original

position and really look wanky. Oh well, this is a small price to pay

to achieve a good bite. Like everyone else said before me, talk about

this with your OD and OS. They'll be able to address your questions

more accurately.

Sara

> > I was wondering if anybody's bite changed drastically before

> surgery.

> > I did not have an open bite before, but now I do. I think it's

> because

> > of the night guard I've been using because of my teeth grinding.

> I'm

> > not sure if this is only a temporary bite change or a permanent

> one.

> > Should I just proceed with surgery and let the surgeon fix it?

> >

> > Jae

[Guest guest]

I don't think it's a full night guard. It doesn't cover all the

teeth; it covers about 3 or 4 on each side. It's the one sold by

FirstStreet.

> Jae,

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> What kind of a device are you wearing for your teeth grinding? Is

it a full

> mouth guard?

>

> Diane, Oregon

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> >From: " thejae1188 " <thejae1188@h...>

> >Reply-To: orthognathicsurgerysupport

> >To: orthognathicsurgerysupport

> >Subject: [Orthognathic Surgery Support ] Bite Change before

surgery

> >Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 19:38:06 -0000

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[Guest guest]

I don't think it's a full night guard. It doesn't cover all the

teeth; it covers about 3 or 4 on each side. It's the one sold by

FirstStreet.

> Jae,

>

> What kind of a device are you wearing for your teeth grinding? Is

it a full

> mouth guard?

>

> Diane, Oregon

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> >From: " thejae1188 " <thejae1188@h...>

> >Reply-To: orthognathicsurgerysupport

> >To: orthognathicsurgerysupport

> >Subject: [Orthognathic Surgery Support ] Bite Change before

surgery

> >Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 19:38:06 -0000

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