I'm new - lower jaw surgery .. deciding

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Hi,

My name is Liana. I'm 33 years old and I just finished a battle with

Cancer and now I want to pursue with braces. I would have gotten them

2 years ago but I became ill. I have received 3 ortho consults. Two

of them sugguest lower jaw surgery due to the fact that my lower jaw

needs to be moved forward and to the right in order to line up my bite

properly. After all I have been through and some very serious

surguries already I don't want to realy go forth with another surgery.

I wanted to join this site to see how all of you have come up with

your decisions and how things worked out for you. Are you happy with

the results, how long did it take to heal? How long on liquids? How

long is the surgery? Did you have braces before surgery then

afterwards as well? One of them suggested surgery first then braces

and another suggested braces then surgery then braces again. One

orther didn't want to suggest surgery and would rather pull teeth. I

don't want to have teeth pulled that could create a whole new realm o

other problems. Can anyone give me advice. Anyone my age or older

that has decided to go forth with the surgery? HAs anyone opted to

not do surgery and just get braces if so how did things turn out?

I could just go for braces but I wouldn't get the same results but

there would be improvement. I " m not asking for a perfect mouth but I

would like improvement.

If anyone can help me out I would appreciate it.

Thank you,

Liana