Guest guest Posted August 25, 2005 Report Share Posted August 25, 2005 - WOW!- all I can say is WOW!- you look awesome! Glad to hear that there will be no more surgeries in your future and that you are resuming your ortho. I bet you are very relieved to be at the end of your journey; I can see your happiness in your face in the last picture. Take care! ~~~~~~~ Diane :-)#) (happy in braces) > Hi all, > > Since I'm finally approaching the end of my orthognathic journey, I > thought I'd post some pictures from start to finish. To sum it all > up, I started with braces in May 1996. Then my surgeries were as > follows: > > #1 Mandibular advancement (17 mm) using distraction osteogenesis - > Sept 2002 > #2 Lefort 1 - upper jaw impacted 5 mm, removal of distractors, > septoplasty, turbinectomies - Nov 2002 > #3 TMJ arthroplasty - part of temporalis muscle (scalp muscle) > placed in joints to replace missing cartilage and discs - May 2003 > #4 Bilateral condylar reconstruction (15 mm) using distraction > osteogenesis again - Jan 2004 > #5 Removal of distractors - April 2004 > #6 Bilateral total joint replacement - June 29, 2005 > > By the way, that is my younger daughter in those pictures. She went > from being 12 months old for my first surgery to four years old now. > > I went back to my ortho for the first time today after the last > surgery and I'm finally on my way to finishing up. He still has a > lot of work to do but no more surgeries! I can actually see the > light at the end of the tunnel. > minirascal- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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