Re: Annie here, had surgery Oct 2003

[Guest guest]

Hi Annie Welcome back again. I am new here and have not had any

Surgery so I don't have any advise for you but I am sure someone will

be around to give some tips. Again Welcome Back.

Dennis~

[Guest guest]

Hi Annie,

Congrats on your recent marriage. Sorry to hear of your recent

problems. I am surprised when you say you got your retainer " off " .

I thought most of us would wear one " forever " so to speak.

I can appreciate your concerns, it seems that those of us (me

included) with the open bites have the hardest time with retention of

the corrected bite. I am due to get my braces off next week, and am

more scared then happy. My bite is as good as it is going to get

right now, but I fear with my worn down joints and the strong jaw and

tongue muscles, that it will open right back up.

Keep us posted on your progress.

a

> Maybe some of you still remember me? I had upper jaw surgery to

> correct an open bite and got my retainer off in April this year. I

> also got Married on the 29th of April so it was great to be able to

> smile without being self conscious that day.

>

> I'm just a little concerned as since my retainers have come off,

> unfortunately my bite has changed. I saw the surgeon a few weeks

ago

> and he seemed a bit disappointed too. My midline is off and my bite

> is starting to open again, although no where near as bad as it was

> originally. My teeth are quite straight though, which i'm happy

> with.

> I will be meeting with the ortho and surgeon again in October to

> discuss this further. I'm worried that they may want to do further

> surgery..i'm not sure if i want to..i think i could live with my

> current bite although it may get worse.

>

> I'm a bit disappointed however i have no regrets whatsoever about

> having my surgery as it was a success and my teeth are much better

> than they were. I don't want to depress anyone who is going through

> this now, what has happened to me is probably quite rare. I would

> love to hear your feedback. I have missed the support from you guys.

> Annie

[Guest guest]

Do you mean by retainers off that you don't have to wear them at all? It's been

a few years since I got my braces off and I still wear my retainers. :/ Nothing

moved aside from some minor settling (a good thing because of the kind I

have) and everything is solid. I think I had the same thing you had done. I

hope your bite is fixable with something easy and that it does not get worse.

Mia

>

> > Maybe some of you still remember me? I had upper jaw surgery to

> > correct an open bite and got my retainer off in April this year. I

> > also got Married on the 29th of April so it was great to be able to

> > smile without being self conscious that day.

> >

> > I'm just a little concerned as since my retainers have come off,

> > unfortunately my bite has changed. I saw the surgeon a few weeks

> ago

> > and he seemed a bit disappointed too. My midline is off and my bite

> > is starting to open again, although no where near as bad as it was

> > originally. My teeth are quite straight though, which i'm happy

> > with.

> > I will be meeting with the ortho and surgeon again in October to

> > discuss this further. I'm worried that they may want to do further

> > surgery..i'm not sure if i want to..i think i could live with my

> > current bite although it may get worse.

> >

> > I'm a bit disappointed however i have no regrets whatsoever about

> > having my surgery as it was a success and my teeth are much better

> > than they were. I don't want to depress anyone who is going through

> > this now, what has happened to me is probably quite rare. I would

> > love to hear your feedback. I have missed the support from you guys.

> > Annie