Metal Mouth Message Board

hi all, hows everyone getting on? cheekysara, hope you are recovering well & not getting too many problems. AFM, saw my orthodontist today & was told that i'm gonna be banded for another 8 weeks, apparently os lied when he said it would be 6 weeks ! ! but at least i m now allowed to take the...

hi, i am now 5 weeks post op & like you i was also on nhs due to severe overcrowding, overbite & weak chin. like enigma i also found the wait not too bad, it was the getting started that was the problem, over a year from being referred. almost at the end now, should be de-braced in a couple ...

CheekySara, so sorry to hear about your complications & hope everything goes well from here on ! i also didn't notice that much of a change in my face to start with, it wasn't until i started seeing friends reactions to me that i realised my face must be different, i'm starting to see it now &am...

my surgeon told me that it is just where the bruising travels along the muscle, it had completely gone after a couple of weeks

Jac xxx

hi all, sorry ive not been on for a while, computer issues. congrats to those that are now on the other side of surgery, the first couple of weeks are the toughest, but it does get better, try to stay positive & look to the end result, it'll be worth it !! :) :) AFM, i'm day 27, feeling pretty g...

traintraxx, good luck for Thursday, i'll be thinking of you

Jac xxx

cheekara, hang in there honey, i know what you mean about looking worse before hand, but remember it will soon be over, i know its hard but try to focus a month or two in the future, the surgery would have been done, most of the swelling & bruising gone & the new you will be emerging, this i...

Davide, not too good with all the terms but this is how it was explined to me: because i had a long face, flat profile & gummy smile; os said that by moving both jaws forward & up (can't remember how much but top jaw was only moved slightly) this would help with shortening face & should ...

bb, i am gonna be banded shut for about 6 weeks, these will gradually be loosened over that period.

hope that helps

Jac xxx

hi cheekysara,

certainly feel for you & understnd the nervous/excited feeling, sounds like you are having similar procedure to me.

if you have any questions please let me know & i'll try & answer.

Jac xxx

hi bleachie, i was treated in Northmptonshire & didn't need to say anything special to get treated although it did take ages going through the NHS, originally referred to maxillofacial (Kettering) in 2006 & only just had surgery, they just asked if i wanted to correct my overbite & flat ...

hi,

mine was advanced 12mm, hard to tell what difference its made yet as still swollen, but its looking good so far

Jac xxx

hi, hope you don't mind me crashing the thread. i am just over a week post op from upper, lower & genio. briefly here is my story, got braces 14th May 2008, had surgery 3rd Feb 2010, in surgery for 6 hours, they moved my top jaw up & forwrd due to 'gummy smile', bottom jaw forward as overbit...