Guest guest Posted September 11, 2002 Report Share Posted September 11, 2002 I'm curious, as I progress further down the road how distorted will I be visually based on the corrections being made orthodontically? I guess I won't be that distorted.. Most people will think I look the same, but I just feel like this whole process is so medieval. No one looks at people under a microscope like I think they do. Speaking of medieval, I watched some kid on TLC get his legs and arms extended by an even nastier process of having breaks made in his arms/legs, metal devices drilled through his bones and then get this he had to turn a key twice a day to lengthen his bones!! Over a period of 8 months he grew by some 11 inches. If that isn't medieval I dunno what is. If you thought orthognathic surgery was bad, guess what? As usual, someone else has it way worse than you. Thank god for that, because if I had it worse than anyone else I would be really angry. I'm all excited to get my new jaw.. like I'm buying a new car or something. I'm just so curious what it will be like to have a proper bite.. Obviously there will be some aesthetic impact, but the function part is really cool. I breath through my mouth like a zombie it must scare the crap out of my girlfriend at night. Everytime I look in the mirror I try to imagine myself with proper alignment, and every time I say the same thing " It's gonna be interestin'! " I had this dream the other night that I was going in to the operating room and as I got on the operating table and wired up I said to the surgeon: " Have fun breaking my face. I know where you live. " Analyze that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 11, 2002 Report Share Posted September 11, 2002 Hi n, It's true, they may make things worse for you orthodontically to get you where you need to be for surgery. I was fortunate - a lot of my problem was skeletal in the face and was corrected through the use of ALF appliances and cranial therapy. It's not clear on my before pictures, but I had a maxilla cant (non- horizontal), and my upper jaw was twisted to the right, and my lower twisted to the left. As treatment progressed, I could see that my face was becoming more symmetrical in those areas. The surgery then fixed the bite and the jaws/chin. The cranial therapy was responsible for doing subtle shifts in my facial and cranial bones, supported with the ALF movements. Wacky, but it worked! And in some cases, my ortho is able to avoid surgery. > I'm curious, as I progress further down the road how distorted will > I be visually based on the corrections being made orthodontically? > > I guess I won't be that distorted.. Most people will think I look > the same, but I just feel like this whole process is so medieval. > No one looks at people under a microscope like I think they do. > > Speaking of medieval, I watched some kid on TLC get his legs and > arms extended by an even nastier process of having breaks made in > his arms/legs, metal devices drilled through his bones and then get > this he had to turn a key twice a day to lengthen his bones!! Over a > period of 8 months he grew by some 11 inches. > > If that isn't medieval I dunno what is. If you thought orthognathic > surgery was bad, guess what? As usual, someone else has it way worse > than you. Thank god for that, because if I had it worse than anyone > else I would be really angry. > > I'm all excited to get my new jaw.. like I'm buying a new car or > something. I'm just so curious what it will be like to have a > proper bite.. Obviously there will be some aesthetic impact, but the > function part is really cool. I breath through my mouth like a > zombie it must scare the crap out of my girlfriend at night. > > Everytime I look in the mirror I try to imagine myself with proper > alignment, and every time I say the same thing " It's gonna be > interestin'! " > > I had this dream the other night that I was going in to the > operating room and as I got on the operating table and wired up I > said to the surgeon: " Have fun breaking my face. I know where you > live. " > > Analyze that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 11, 2002 Report Share Posted September 11, 2002 Hey n, I thought I would mention that they do perform a similar procedure, as the one you described as lengthing the boys legs, on people's jaws. Its called " Distraction Osteogenesis " .... You can read about it at the following link: http://www.uic.edu/depts/doms/. Go to the " Grand Rounds " area and there will be all medical papers written on various maxillofacial procedures. > I'm curious, as I progress further down the road how distorted will > I be visually based on the corrections being made orthodontically? > > I guess I won't be that distorted.. Most people will think I look > the same, but I just feel like this whole process is so medieval. > No one looks at people under a microscope like I think they do. > > Speaking of medieval, I watched some kid on TLC get his legs and > arms extended by an even nastier process of having breaks made in > his arms/legs, metal devices drilled through his bones and then get > this he had to turn a key twice a day to lengthen his bones!! Over a > period of 8 months he grew by some 11 inches. > > If that isn't medieval I dunno what is. If you thought orthognathic > surgery was bad, guess what? As usual, someone else has it way worse > than you. Thank god for that, because if I had it worse than anyone > else I would be really angry. > > I'm all excited to get my new jaw.. like I'm buying a new car or > something. I'm just so curious what it will be like to have a > proper bite.. Obviously there will be some aesthetic impact, but the > function part is really cool. I breath through my mouth like a > zombie it must scare the crap out of my girlfriend at night. > > Everytime I look in the mirror I try to imagine myself with proper > alignment, and every time I say the same thing " It's gonna be > interestin'! " > > I had this dream the other night that I was going in to the > operating room and as I got on the operating table and wired up I > said to the surgeon: " Have fun breaking my face. I know where you > live. " > > Analyze that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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