Metal Mouth Message Board

i'd reaaaaaallly love to help all of you out here but i dont feel comfortable posting my pic online

hey =) sorry for the late reply. I dont think id be posting my pictures due to privacy reasons

i'll be meeting another surgeon for a second opinion tomorrow. will keep you guys posted!

oh and could anyone tell me what BSSO (bisagittal split osteotomy) entails?

Is that splitting your upper jaw from your lower jaw and moving the lower?

Or?

I had exactly what you just described. I didn't have gummy smile I only had (Tooth Show) and at rest my tooth show was 4 mm, I also had class II malocclusion (mild). My surgery was 4 months ago (4 mm lefort impaction + Genioplasty), the surgeon decided against BSSO at the last pre-op appointment. W...

Esoteric wrote: I to am having lefort impacting and lower jaw surgery on this Mon.

oooh i almost forgot. all the very best for your surgery and God bless! =)

No not at all! I appreciate all replies =) And thanks so very much for your response, looks like we'll be going through the same thing! haha

Just another question though:

For the lower third of my face, will the total hard and soft tissue movement upward be 3mm or more than 3mm?

sorry one more thing:

Will my lips move upward closer to my nose also?

Thankssss

Hi everyone here, I'm new so please be nice =) Ok, I'm scheduled for Orthognathic Surgery on Oct 9 and I desperately need some advice. Firstly, I do NOT have a gummy smile. This might be due to the fact that I don't smile very very widely. But, when I smile a normal smile, I dont show any gum at all...