Metal Mouth Message Board

Joey, I'll be going through jaw surgery myself, as well. I am at the beginning stages, although my surgery will be opposite of yours as I have an underbite and openbite. My upper jaw will be moved out, up at the back, down at the front and widened. I've just had two upper bicuspids removed by my ora...

Hi there, I've started my own blog which will document the whole process of me finally making the decision to go ahead with getting orthognathic surgery at age 34. I had no idea braces were involved at the beginning. I will be getting my deficient upper jaw made larger and extended. The underdevelop...

I took the plunge and visited the dentist today and explained the problems I've been having. She couldn't have been better to me. She took the time to phone the Orthodontist she personally would recommend me to go to. The only drawback was that his office is over an hour away, which isn't very pract...

Hello everyone, I'm a 34 year old male living in a suburb of Vancouver, BC with a moderate underbite and an anterior (front) open bite. I've obviously lived with this for most of my life as my underbite is an heredity trait and have been self concious of it as well. I had no idea I had an open bite ...