Metal Mouth Message Board

I guess they use small wires (metal, although so small that they would not cause harm during an mri) to hold the upper jaw together with the nasal bone? or whatever that bone is it's connected to). During my first night, the mid night nurses would not let me drink water or anything, even though my d...

Yea, that's pretty much the same boat I'm in. My doctor was very good and he did great with fixing my open bite, but my gums DO show more now then they did. He sort of downplayed it, saying it wasnt bad at all and this and that. But it is.. Even worse is my mom trying to tell me it's not that bad. Y...

Sorry for not responding (no internet). It's really distressing to me, yea. But if it means another surgery to get it perfect, I have no problem with that. MY surgery was awful, but I could handle it again for great results. The first one was just so terrible because of the head gear and stuff, it s...

Ok, so let me first start by saying, I'm new here, but I've been lurking for awhile getting advice from past posts. I had jaw surgery in August, Lefort 1 I think it was called? not 100%. I had an open bite, lip incompetence, long face, etc due to mouth breathing (i believe). Now the problem I had is...