Procedural questions / rounds 2 and 3 and maybe 4

[Guest guest]

Hello-

Someone on another site directed me here to find more information

about the procedures I'm going to have done.

OK, when I was 15 I had my upper jaw moved forward to correct my

underbite. Now, at 29, my jaws have grown unevenly, I have an open

bite in the back on both sides, and I only chew on about 4 teeth in

the front. The other day I got a cc of a letter from my surgeon to

my orthodontist (both different guys from before). My surgeon is

suggesting 2, maybe 3 more surgeries. The first one will be to

remove the hardware that's still in place from my first surgery when

I was 15. At that time, they're planning to do " some cuts for RME

to get the maxillary width that we need prior to the LeFort 1. "

Later, they'll do the LeFort 1, see what happens, and then maybe do

a mandibular osteotomy.

So here are my questions:

What are these thing--RME, LeFort 1, and mandibular osteotomy? Does

anyone know if there are drawings or descriptions of what this

means, and if so, where can I find them? Has anyone had any or all

of these things? I have another meeting with my surgeon tomorrow,

so I'll be able to get a lot of questions answered then. But, I'd

like to have as much information as possible in advance so I can go

in and ask the right questions. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Amy