Re: relapse - CAMMIE (or anyone who knows)

[Guest guest]

Hi Christy,

I'm not an expert but there are several different reasons for

relapse. For me personally it was severe arthritis in the TMJs which

caused bone resorption. Others have relapsed because they had their

surgery done when they were too young and their jaws continued to

grow afterwards. I'm sure there are other reasons as well but those

seem to be some of the common ones.

> Hi, Cammie; I'm scheduled for lower surgery late this spring,

early

> summer, moving the jaw back about 5mm. I've been reading the

board

> for a few weeks now, (thanks to the suggestion of my neat-o

friend,

> Eileen that I met at the grocery store who's also in this

> group.) Do you (or anyone) know what the chances are for relapse,

> and also what the causes are? We seem to think that the more the

> jaw is moved, the greater the chance for relapse. Is that true?

> Does it seem to happen more with overbites/underbites and what are

> the chances of it happening all together? My ortho. said my

surgeon

> would probably over-correct me to prevent this, but after reading

> yesterday's board with all the posts on relapses, I had a mini

freak-

> out session. I know there's no way of knowing, but

any " statistics "

> or input would be appreciated!

> Thanks!

> Christy

[Guest guest]

Hi Christy,

Now you could call my need for another sugery a 'relapse' but I

think it was more a conservative lower that caused the problem, I

should have had upper and lower as my bite in its new position was

actually really open...I digress.

I had my screws unscrew etc.

However when comparing x-rays its all pretty stable.

I'd say I've not really heard of a relapse with a reduction, more

the advancements. I think cause the advance splits the bone so its

a little 'weaker' also depending on the cause of it. Alot of long

term relapses can also be related to bone loss - more of the tooth

decay, loosing teeth varieties.

I wouldn't worry however keep in mind the body is forever growing

and changing. A relapse could happen to anyone, even people

with 'perfect' bites now - case in point look what happens to

people's jaws in dentures

Shiloh