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SARPE surgery October 2014, next double jaw surgery Sept 2015.

Hi, I had SARPE last October and am still wearing the expander and now braces also. It was a bit daunting when they fitted it in my mouth, lots of saliva and it covers much of the roof of your mouth. 3 days and my mouth and saliva got used to it. The surgery was fine, my nose area was the sorest (I ...

Hi, I had Sapre 4 weeks ago! Yes it is full on hey.... The swelling is painful, I still have some, but it's much better :-) Some say it's harder than jaw surgery... Due to increasing the width everyday. I only turn mine once a day....don't know how you do it 3 times!! I was on Endone post op, what d...

I do have estimates.

SARPE I will be out of pocket $1400.

Double Jaw Surgery approx $6K out of pocket.

How about you?

$38,000 seems a bit excessive for SARPE - an hour long surgery?? What else are they doing to you?? I'm in Australia and mine is costing about $3200 (PHI refunds me $1400). It should be a lot less than jaw surgery...it's a procedure. I have one of our top surgeons also. Why would you need 3 surgeons ...

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SARPE in September double jaw surgery next year.

Oh wow Lissy, that sounds like a long ordeal! I had braces as a child, but that only fixed half the problem! I am a mouth breather, long face type look, I have had excessive teeth wear, cross bite, gum issues. My profile is recessed chin, gummie smile. I revisited an Orthodontist as an adult and was...

Awesome how exciting!

(I have an expansion procedure in September....double jaw surgery next year).


I love hearing everyone else's stories! What issues did you have going on before deciding to go ahead?

Does it feel strange to know its so soon?!

Oh awesome, Brisbane, my cousin lives in Manly ...we visit sometimes to escape the Melbourne cold! That's terrific, we can share our Aussie Jaw information ! Lol def keep me posted and hope your appointment goes great. Can you actually get a computer image done of projected outcome?? That would be g...

Yes agree!! My surgeon was telling me half of Melbourne has had this done and I was like yeah right! As it turns out,a few people I know have in past years and I had no idea, until now. I am also having the septoplasty ... I have a very narrow airway, he said he would also make my nose look a bit be...

With my Jaw Surgery, I am having lower jaw advanced and tilted up a bit and upper impacted. Maybe Genioplasty. First the expander, 30 days later braces go on...will be October. Yes many of the Sarpe threads are old, nice to know we are not alone though. Thanks for the replies! Yes UnevenJAG, sounds ...

Hi,

Thank you. I don't have a date as yet, but I think I will have by the end of this year.

My surgeon estimated 12 months from starting, so could be around September 2015.

Have you had or having Surgery?

After 3 years of deciding I have finally elected to have double jaw surgery. The first part of my process will be a SARPE and I will be having this done on September 18th, then there is no backing out of it!!! I hope it doesn't feel too weird as it's going to be in there for a few months! So the jou...

I am in Australia and Andrew Heggie will be my surgeon, would love any feedback from current/previous patients of his.

I have met him and read general comments on the web about him being 'a good one'.

Just out of interest really.

Thanks.

Your so right.

I had wisdom teeth done and it's pretty easy, I don't imagine jaw surgery/ sarpe to be anything like it! There is no way you could compare. So much more intense with the surgery where things are being moved around structurally.