I just don't understand

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Hello

I joined this group about two weeks ago after my new dentist referred

me to an orthodontist. They say I need lower jaw surgery. I just

don't understand all this. I'm 35 why am I just finding this out

now? I have had 4 dentists in the last 10 years and now this new one

can't wait to refer me for jaw surgery. I found out I will need

major heart surgery when I was 30 but I was completely OK with that.

They could have told me I needed a heart transplant that afternoon

and I would have said OK, do you want to drive to the hospital or

should I? But jaw surgery just came out of nowhere!! I have had 2

consultations with the ortho and they made the impressions and

pictures today. I go back in two weeks to see what he feels needs to

be done after he looks and measures everything.

When my dentist said go see an ortho I was sure it was because two of

the teeth in my lower jaw are coming out of alignment. So I'm OK

with needing braces on the bottom to move them back in place. But

now my whole lower jaw is " too small " . I just can not wrap my mind

around that. I have seen pictures of other people and their problem

is obvious but I don't see it when I look at my jaw. I don't know

what to do. I don't see how this is not just cosmetic or we want

your money. My jaw does not hurt and I don't have problems eating.

My teeth meet in the back and yeah I can see that my front teeth

cover my bottom teeth but so what.

Has anyone had this surgery come as a complete surprise and gone thru

it and been happy you did?

Thanks