Metal Mouth Message Board

Judging by your wedding photos, the underbite didn't deter your husband/BF from being attracted to you :lol: No. :) And I do get flirted with by plenty of guys (he wasn't my only choice, hehe), but then again some guys will flirt with anyone. ;) Not that I think I'm Miss America material by any mea...

Just want to point out that the "neanderthal look" is when BOTH jaws are too prominent in the face, not the lower one. Do you really think all neanderthals had underbites? Well of course not, and typically I would say that the neanderthal look is a lot of forehead too...I always think Mat...

Are you sure the ortho isnt trying to perform heroics just with braces here? What has your maxillofacial surgeon said about this? Good point. Not all OD's are created equal, hehe. I'm sure there are some that love a good challenge and will not necessarily give the best advice if they are biased (an...

Lol, yeah, don't mind me. I'm on antibiotics and tired and kinda out of it. :) Somewhere my brain thought your last post was from a different person, hehe. I wish I had some good pix of my bite to post, but I usually try to hide it so it's minimized in photos. I'll get some befores and afters though...

BTW, will they be operating on BOTH jaws or just the lower one? In my case... it's not as clear-cut (pardon the pun :lol: ) i'm gonna report on the results of my appointment tomorrow The final decision has been to operate on both jaws. In order to balance my face, the upper jaw needs to be brought ...

Hi Gene, I also have an underbite with asymmetry and off-midline, though mine didn't look nearly as bad before I got braces as they do now...the result of putting my teeth where they actually should be on my jaw, heh. I'm actually going in for surgery 2 weeks from tomorrow (yikes!) and I am very exc...