Metal Mouth Message Board

[quote="pantlover"]does anyone know what's the point of the splint? and why some people have them while others don't?[/quote] Ahhh man. I had upper jaw surgery and during the surgery they bad my splint on but took it off afterwards. Overnight my teeth moved and they had to put the splint b...

Hey guys I just had a lefort 1 yesterday and this morning my surgeon tried to fit my upper jaw and lower jaw to the splint and they didn't fit. He saying that my muscles are sore and are not adjusting to the splint or that I need surgery again. Hes put the splint on me wired now in the hope that my ...

I just had my surgery yesterday. Upper jaw. This morning my teeth aren't lining up when they tried them again with the splint. They said it might be because my muscles are tense and they'll wait for things to fall back in a week, otherwise I'm having surgery again. This sucks man, I have exams in ma...

[quote="snapdresser"]IMO you could possibly use a few mm lateral movement in your lower jaw as you mentioned, but if I was you I wouldn't take that risk. I suspect you'll have excellent cosmetic results without doing the bottom, and a BSSO has a much higher risk of permanent numbness, etc....

Here's an album of my normal profile: http://imgur.com/a/1Bvhx Now look, I'm not trying to say I know more than my surgeon, but I think if I only get upper jaw surgery my jaw won't align with my face. I think my lower jaw needs to move about 3-4mm to the left to be correctly aligned with my upper ja...