Trying to get surgery...can someone answer questions?

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I have an open bite and malialignment and have been wanting to get

corrective surgery for a long time. I started to aggressively persue

surgery once I started experiencing chronic pain in my left jaw

joint. First of all, I have been told that my condition could not

possible cause pain all by itself. My Dr. has been searching for some

other reason for my chronic pain, like soft tissue damage, a major

joint deformity, etc. I'm wondering if anyone out there has

experienced pain from a similar condition to mine? I believe that the

pressure my right side puts on my left jaw joint by trying to continue

to close even though only my rear-most molars touch when I bite down,

is the cause of my pain...I mean, if I bite really hard I can get my

jaw to " bend " and get more teeth to touch, which REALLY hurts! Also,

he wants to do orthoscopic surgery on both sides of my jaw to look for

the so-called mysterious cause of my pain. Has anyone had an

orthoscopic/exploratory jaw surgery? Did it help? And for those who

have had surgical correction for a problem similar to mine, did it

relieve chronic pain? I was told that chances were that it would make

my pain worse. I would greatly appreciate any response! Thanks for

taking the time to read my long-winded message! -