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Hi everyone!

I just stumbled onto orthognathic surgery yesterday...so I'm really

new at this.

I had orthodontics when I was younger, but I had issues with being a

slobbering mess, in addition to having giant glasses, being the

smartest kid in the class, the poorest, the most shy, and a speech

impediment (which speech therapy more or less cured). So I wasn't

keen on adding to my mess.

I went for an orthodontic consultation last year or so, and the dr

told me that the only way to fix my overbite was to take out chunks of

my jaw and use the invisalign pieces as well. My mom had the same

surgery when she was younger, which she believes led to loss of some

of her teeth due to the jaw trauma. I refused to get this surgery

done, and that was that.

Now once again, I'm on the orthodontic path. I'd really like to get

my teeth and my nose fixed, but I have to figure out the timeline!

I'm working on finding a different orthodontist to go to for a

consultation; NOT going back to the one who insisted on the jaw-chunk

surgery. I'm in the Philadelphia area. Any recommendations?

Thanks,