Official PreOrthognathic Surgery Patient

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OK, it's official now. I was told a month ago that I needed

orthognathic surgery and have spent the last 30 days trying to decide

what I was going to do about it. Well yesterday I had my " records "

appointment at my orthodontists office and I have an appointment

scheduled with an oral surgeon on April 5th so I guess that means

that I'm going through with it!

I have a 10 mm overbite and also a crossbite and my ortho is

recommending a splint for 2 months (don't quite understand what that

things going to do yet), then top braces and four months after that

bottom braces. After 10-12 months I should be ready for surgery.

Total treatment time is supposed to be three years. There was a

young girl getting her final retainer at the ortho's office yesterday

and all I could think about was that I wanted to be her! (yes, I'm

whining!)

I am however very happy with the doctor's that I've found. My ortho

has a very good reputation in town and my oral surgeon is the Chief

of Dentistry at UC San Francisco and has been doing these surgeries

for 30 years. I'm going to be in good hands!

My ortho is recommending bottom only and I'm really, really, really

hoping that my oral surgeon agrees with him because, no offense to

all of you folks out there who've had the upper done also, but it's a

little gruesome sounding to me!

Gotta go. Happy Healing!

Sue