Underbite!!!

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Hey everyone,

I just found this site and it is awesome to find that there are so

many people who are or have gone through what I am getting ready to

go through. I just had braces put on March 1st (of course, I had

them when I was 12 as well) and we are anticipating surgery for

sometime in June or July. I have read a lot of your posts, and I was

wondering if there is anyone who has had just their lower jaw moved

back? I have a class 3 underbite, and they are only moving my bottom

jaw back. Part of me is really excited, because I hate looking at my

face and am really excited to see change. In fact, my boyfriend is

doing a video documentary for me on the before, during and after

process. It is pretty cool. Anyways, the other part of me is really

scared because I know it is a pretty big procedure and everybody's

comments about the long lasting numbness kind of scares me. My other

concern is the weight loss. I am 5'10 " 135 lbs, and whenever I tell

anybody that I will have my mouth wired shut for 6 weeks, they freak

out and tell me I better start fattening up. I think I will be fine

though. If anyone is out there who could share their experiences and

thoughts, that would be great! Thanks.

[Guest guest]

> Hey everyone,

>

> I just found this site and it is awesome to find that there are so

> many people who are or have gone through what I am getting ready to

> go through. I just had braces put on March 1st (of course, I had

> them when I was 12 as well) and we are anticipating surgery for

> sometime in June or July. I have read a lot of your posts, and I

was

> wondering if there is anyone who has had just their lower jaw moved

> back? I have a class 3 underbite, and they are only moving my

bottom

> jaw back. Part of me is really excited, because I hate looking at

my

> face and am really excited to see change. In fact, my boyfriend is

> doing a video documentary for me on the before, during and after

> process. It is pretty cool. Anyways, the other part of me is

really

> scared because I know it is a pretty big procedure and everybody's

> comments about the long lasting numbness kind of scares me. My

other

> concern is the weight loss. I am 5'10 " 135 lbs, and whenever I

tell

> anybody that I will have my mouth wired shut for 6 weeks, they

freak

> out and tell me I better start fattening up. I think I will be

fine

> though. If anyone is out there who could share their experiences

and

> thoughts, that would be great! Thanks.

>

>

Dear ,

Lucky you, You must pretty straight teeth if u just got braces and

they will be able to do the surgery by June or July. I had braces for

2 and half years before I had the surgery.

I am not sure what a class 3 underbite is. How much movement is

necessary. My doctor told me that the less movement you have the

quicker the healing is. I also had lower jaw surgery six wks ago, I

had my lower moved foward instead of back. As far as numbness. My Dr

told me in 25 years he has never had a patient that had permanent

numbness from this procedure. Although it is a risk. I still have

very little numbness on my right side under my lip going down to the

bottom of my chin. It really gets less and less every day. It really

isnt that bothersome because it is not really like a novacaine

numbness. It dosent effect ur tongue and the only reason ur probably

even notice it is because it will be doing all kinds of nerve

regeneration stuff while ur healing. Tingling itching pulsating. I

only kind of notice it when I am lying in bed. You may not even have

any numbness. My left side was not effected at all.

One of the best parts of the surgery is the cosmetic improvement. I

can tell you having ur jaw in right place makes a huge difference in

how good you look. If u decide to do the surgery you will probably

love the way it looks. Before the surgery I alway used to move my jaw

foward to see how will look. The actual surgery came out looking much

better than any of my presurgery attempts in the mirror.

Best wishes,