Hi all, finished surgery and braces finally

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hey all, most of you wont know me as I have not visited this group in

a long while. I just wanted to say that for all of you going through

the surgery soon or recovery, there is hope and you will get through

it, and never give up.

I had lower jaw surgery and genioplasty last year to move my lower

jaw back and make my chin smaller. After the surgery and after the

unwiring after six weeks I still had a underbite. I cried and cried

and cried. I went to my ortho the next day and cried there too. He

assured me he would do everything he could to correct it. I underwent

9 months of intense orthodontics and heavy duty elastics to pull my

jaw back where it should be. slowly my teeth and jaw moved into

position and it was amazing. my teeth are very straight , my jaw is

aligned nicely but its not 100% perfect. Im okay with that. the

flaws that i see no one else would even notice. we are our own worst

critics. I got my braces off 4 months ago and now have a permanent

retainer on the lowers and a removable on the uppers. (Be diligent

about wearing retainers, when i was 12 I had braces and then never

wore the retainers and my teeth did move drastically.)It is a great

feeling to have this behind me and I want to wish all of you luck

with your surgeries and recoveries

all the best wishes,

Angie