Jaw Surgery for Asymmetrical Bite: Pre- Op

I'll be having the surgery done June 13, 2009, operating on both upper and lower jaws in order to fix a massive gap- inducing bite. If any of you have specific questions, I'll be more than happy to answer them here on Youtube, but if enough people have concerns I will eventually make an email account specifically for this. Until then, good luck to all of you undergoing or considering undergoing anything like this; I know how daunting it is. (and sorry about my, I guess... verbal ineptitude in the video, but the braces did make my speech way worse).

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• Jaw Surgery
• bite
• orthognathic

[jesskindabored]

i am 16 and i have to get i think its called bilateral saggital split osteotomy um i think they are just goign to move my lower jaw back a few mm like you i can bight down in front like the closest thing to biting down in the front is on my left side my top front tooth and my bottem front tooth soo i cant like bite things through

im wondering did you get your jaw shut or did you get screws on your bottem jaw ?

[hushidh]

It wasn't technically wired shut; there were just really tight rubber bands on that kept me from opening, but those get periodically loosened. But on both my top and bottom there are 4 screws keeping my jaw bones together from where they were broken, but that's all internal so you don't really feel it.

If you're 16 you probably aren't done growing though. If you have the surgery done now, then you grow more, you might have end up having problems again- I would mention this to your doctor.

[kiwiitree]

DONNIE DARKO!! :D 

[ibexr88]

Good luck man! Hope you get the results you want.

[KetchupRulez7]

good luck !

im sure u will look good after u get it done

[Pow3rGaming]

good luck - hope it turns out great :)

[Nixonzrz]

nice dude!

rorexererer approves

thats crucial man i hope everything goes well

[MrAnderson7]

GODSPEED BRAVE WARRIOR