Re: Has anyone has upper-jaw surgery alone?

January 14, 2004

> Has anoyone had upper jaw surgery alone, and if so, what was the

> procedure exactly?

Lots of us have had single (upper) jaw surgery. I'm not sure how to

answer your other question. The exact procedure varies greatly

depending on what it is in your bite that needs correction. I had an

open bite where only my back molars met, and so my surgeon had to

take out a portion of my upper jaw and angle the front downwards. It

is called a LeForte procedure.

Cheryl

January 14, 2004

My daughter had upper only (Le Fort 1 Advance). Two weeks ago I addressed this

question by another and was quite thorough. If you are not able to get this

reply off the site, please ask again and I will tell you exactly what the

surgeon did for my daughter in this surgery.

Has anyone has upper-jaw surgery

alone?

Has anoyone had upper jaw surgery alone, and if so, what was the

procedure exactly?

January 14, 2004

I had only upper jaw surgery. They had to cut all along the gum line

and cut the jaw so it was " loose in his hand " (as he put it). Then

he had to tilt the back of the jaw down to close my open bite, which

also caused my lower jaw to come foward and make my chin out more

because it was too far back. There was actually nothing wrong with

my lower jaw even though it seemed like that because it looked too

short but because my upper jaw was not aligned and I had such a bad

open bite, it made my lower jaw look too short. Then he put plates

and screws in to secure the bone.

That's as much as I know...

> My daughter had upper only (Le Fort 1 Advance). Two weeks ago I

addressed this question by another and was quite thorough. If you

are not able to get this reply off the site, please ask again and I

will tell you exactly what the surgeon did for my daughter in this

surgery.

> Has anyone has upper-

jaw surgery alone?

>

> Has anoyone had upper jaw surgery alone, and if so, what was the

> procedure exactly?

>

January 14, 2004