Questions re surgery and insurance coverage

[Guest guest]

Hi. I am new to this group but have been reading alot of the posts

to learn more information about orthognathic surgery. This is my

5th time having braces on. I recently got them put back on in

October 2003. Was told that braces never worked because of my jaws

and that I will need upper and lower jaw surgery probably around

fall/winter of 2004. My surgeon will be Dr. Stark of

land Oral Surgery Associates. Has anybody used him? I am

awaiting to hear from him regarding insurance paying for this

surgery. I have been waiting for a reply since October. Does

anyone have Unicare NCPPO insurance and if so did they cover this

type of surgery? I am scared that they won't cover this or

something and my bite is even worse now since having the braces,only

the very sides of a few teeth touch at all when I bite down and I've

been chewing like sideways. My kids now ask me why do I chew

funny. I never thought about it before but when I look in the

mirror while eating I am chewing sideways like. I am very scared

about having this surgery done but also can't wait to have normal

eating function and to be able to actually keep my lips closed and

breathe through my nose. I've always had to breathe through my

mouth until recently in December I had a septoplasty done and now I

can breathe through my nose but it is hard to do when my mouth is

open all the time since I can't normally close my mouth due to my

jaw problem. I had a really hard time recovering from the

septoplasty surgery so I totally can't imagine having this jaw

surgery.