Metal Mouth Message Board

Wow! Thanks so much all for sharing your experiences and stories. It certainly is encouraging. I would like to continue reading your post-op recovery blogs. Rizzie, when you say you had an upper "impaction", do you mean wisdom teeth? Did they do that the same time as your jaw surgery? Than...

Thanks so much for your post...it's very encouraging to hear other people's stories. I know I'm not the only one going through this. I'm just still very afraid of surgery! Just a wimp I guess! Really not sure which one would be worse, the wisdom teeth removal or the jaw surgery.

Thanks again for your reply. You sound exactly like me regarding photos, LOL. I'm still doing some investigating, found a TMJ/ortho specialist I'm going to call Monday. He's an expert in cranio facial orthopedics and esthetics, and uses all the advanced methods including Wilkodontics. Right now, I w...

Hi, Thanks so much for your post...it's very helpful. I have been doing some research and I've read about some cases where the jaw actually was advanced with power chains in adults. I know most orthos agree it can't be done, but I've read some cases in adults where it actually has. I guess it depend...

Hi Everyone! So, I have been to about 4 orthos in the last few years and have been putting off dealing with my overbite for several reasons...1) money! 2) insurance and all its issues; 3) just plain scared! All but one ortho said I would probably need lower jaw surgery to correct my overbite. The ot...