Double Jaw Surgery Reddit
Another user in this group and i noticed that another website has been using the before and afters from this group to create content for articles and then marketing them to people we know.
Double jaw surgery reddit. There is the upper jaw and the lower jaw. I recently underwent double jaw surgery on june 4th to correct a 1 2cm underbite. Pics from before surgery immediately after surgery and now.
They will make sure you are stocked up on painkillers but you should also get some anti nausea medicine. I m now completely recovered from surgery free of my braces and on a retainer at the moment. I was 17 at the time of the surgery.
At 16 and 17 years old my jaw locked and cracked. I had an underbite so severe that i had to have my lower jaw moved back and my upper jaw moved forward with a chin realignment thrown in for good measure. As the title says i had correctional surgery on my top and bottom jaws 6 months ago june 10th to be exact.
Hot new top rising. Had braces for almost 4 years and will be switching orthodontists and they said 12 18 months more of braces prior to surgery. Incels can get double jaw surgery to fix the mid face and the lower third.
Although it was for biological medical reasons it was extremely difficult for me to chew i found the mental health benefits to be much more immense. You have a good mandible which is why you have a square jaw so your problem is most likely the maxilla. My experience was pretty smooth overall i had it done over christmas break and the recovery was just about exactly 2 weeks total for me.
I d love to answer anyone s questions in regarding the surgery the recovery or whatever else people want to ask me. So i have been posting pics in this group of my jaw journey. Welcome to r happy where we support people in their endeavours.
I had lower jaw surgery in november 2016 two weeks before i turned 16. I also recommend arnica it helps a lot. I had what is known as an anterior open bite which basically means that my jaws lined up at such an angle that my teeth touched in the back but not in the front.
This is a place of positivity if you can t think of anything good to say then don t say anything at all. The lower jaw is the mandible and the upper jaw is the maxilla. I had the same as you but they only did my bottom jaw.
I needed the surgery because i had an overbite but my overbite wasn t too bad so they didn t have to move my lower jaw forward too much. I just passed the 3 year anniversary of my jaw surgery. If you want to give tips suggestions make them constructive from the start and be supportive even if you don t feel it s enough if you don t know how to do that then don t give them.
