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

November 13, 2005

Hi Jill,

I have a question for you. Do you grind your teeth? I am wondering

this because I am a very heavy grinder, and I know that can be a

real detriment to the healing process with upper surgery

especially. I am planning on bringing it up at my next visit, but

wanted to have ask you if you think this might have something to do

with this. Maybe it isn't related, but a recent redo for someone

else here got me thinking about this. Really curious about your

opinion.

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

> >

>

November 13, 2005

Fran,

Yes, I do grind and it took the first surgeon 3 surgeries to remember that Im a

grinder. It took this surgeon that did my 4th surgery to figure the problem out

right away..He said he would wire me shut for 5 weeks to give the bone, and bone

graft time to heal and of course I could not grind during that time..Now, I did

find myself waking up bearing down on my teeth but I could not grind. Im hoping

that by wiring me shut this amount of time the bone has healed enough that the

plate will not break and cause the bone to move up again. I juswt wished the

first surgeon who knew I grinded my teeth thought to wire me shut the first

time.

Hope this helps

Jill

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