Re: [Orthognathic Surgery Support ]TO: Tonya Re: Do They Really Know What Their Doing????

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Tonya,

I too went through the same things 2 times with my upper teeth not

showing...However , my plate(s) wer broken so

the bone moved up after the surgeries..Yes , I said surgeries...I have had 4 in

all, 2 due to broken plates..the last one was 5 1/2 wks ago and so far good..My

upper jaw is tight ..I was wired this time for 5 weeks, not wired afer the other

surgeries...DO you think the plates may have cracked or broke? I went from a

good amount of pretty teeth showing with a little of gummy smile..nothing very

noticeable to normal people but then I felt like you I had taken false teeth

out...not I have 1/2 of my upper teeth (maybe a little less) shoing when I open

my mouth up...I will have to get fillers in my upper lip..the thickness has

decreased and my upper lip is now very thin...this will also help to see more

teeth for me...

Ask you OS about the plate, does your upper jaw move at all? Just a thought

espec since it does happen..Im so sorry you are going through this but the only

was to fix it is prob another surgery ..I have been going through what I

thought would be one surgery to 4 of them in a little over a year...Good luck to

you, please kep me posted..

Jill

fran wrote:

Hi Tonya,

I am glad you are going to talk to your OMS. I would also want to

know why you can't see your teeth when you part your lips too. I

have that already I am sorry to say, and this surgery is something

that is supposed to resolve this for me, and is something I am

really looking forward to.

But I was also told, from the beginning, that I will also need to

have crowns put on my front upper teeth to make them longer (which

will make them be seen). They can move everything into position,

but they can't make your teeth significantly longer with the surgery

or braces. Braces are moving them vertically somewhat, but the rest

has to be done with crowns, at least in my case. I am hoping you

will find a similarly relatively easy way to rectify this. Please

let us know what you find out. I am crossing my fingers for you, as

I definately know what you are talking about!

Hugs,

Fran

>

> Hey, I'm 12 weeks post-op and everything was textbook. I had lower

> moved back and up, upper moved forward and up. I have had no

problems

> until now, now that the swelling has almost gone. I, and everyone

> else has noticed that I look like I have no top teeth. And now my

> upper lip is to close to my nose which makes the top half of my

face

> look way to short and my chin look even longer. My doctor shaved

off

> some of my upper bone, he said so I wouldn't have a gummy smile.

But

> I didn't think I did in the first place. My face was kind of long

so

> I guess he had to do it also so he could raise my bottome jaw bone

> up. The only thing I wanted to have done was my bottom jaw bone

moved

> back. It was his idea to do the rest so I would look better, and

now

> I look so much worse. I guess I should have left well enough

alone.

> People use to tell me I looked like , now I look

> like her toothless cousin. When I let my mouth fall open you can't

> see my top teeth!!!!!!!! My husband, who by the way did not want

me

> to have this surgery, said I looked like someone who has taken out

> their false teeth and left them out. I'm only 38. What am I going

to

> do? Does anyone know if this can be corrected? I'm going to call

my

> doctor Monday and go in and talk with him. What if I have to have

> surgery again?!!! I can't believe this is happening!!!! I didn't

have

> any other problems besides bad headaches, which I still have. So

> basicly, I have went through hell to come out looking worse than

> before. Sorry for the pitty party, I just thought after wanting

this

> for 20 years, everything would have turned out like I expected it

> would. Thanks for listening. Tonya

>