Metal Mouth Message Board

I have been waiting to post in the "surgery buddies" thread forever!!!

I am having mine April 6th. I am set to go for my molds with my oral surgeon in 2 weeks to find out exactly what procedure I will be having. Not knowing if it is upper or lower or both is kind of crazy!

Hi all, I just got a surgery date for April 6th. As of now I have had top and lower ceramic braces on for about 3 months. I think I got lucky with only about 6 months pre-orthodontic treatment. My oral surgeon thinks I may only need lower jaw surgery to close the 5mm open bite and 2mm cross bite but...

I saw that the "invisalign/TAD" combo was mentioned in this thread. This is what I will be looking at getting. Here is a good link:

http://www.orthodonticproductsonline.co ... -02_02.asp

anyone have any opinion of what I should do?

Actually, temporary anchorage devices can be secured with invisalign...for a minimal open bite I think it could be effective. Check out the link below:

http://www.orthodonticproductsonline.co ... -02_02.asp

Hey guys, I suffered a TMJ disc displacement about a year ago leaving me with a bit of a cross bite, 2 mm open bite. My face is longer as a result and I am in pain a lot of the time since my disc no longer functions as it once did. My gameplan is to go forward with an arthroscopic surgery to reposit...