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Go talk to a lawyer. A tooth being cut sounds like poor planning but I have no idea if it constitutes malpractice.

Get at least three opinions.

If you're considering surgeons from New York City, don't use the same surgeon I did as I'm pursuing a revision now.

Get a second unbiased opinion from a different surgeon, on the side if necessary.

Why would you trust this surgeon for a third time? Not catching screws popping sounds negligent to me, shouldn't it be apparent in your post surgery x-rays?

An update now that I've almost wrapped up consultations on a revision / read my records. This is written here in case it can help others. 1.) Why I needed an immediate revision? I feel not unlike an aircraft crash investigator piecing things together. Recall I had a L1 + BSSO done which required a r...

marycotter1982 wrote: ↑Wed May 08, 2019 9:09 am Pequod, can I contact you privately? I am in your area and need referrals for second opinion as well..

Feel free to reach out.

Yes this is something a combination of BSSO and genioplasty can address, it's hard to tell if you need your upper jaw moved too form your photos but if it's already aligned than you might not need to.

Thanks for your replies. An update on my situation, I finished consulting and I'm convinced now to go through a full revision due to a variety of existing problems that can be fixed alongside my main issues (lip incompetence, bimax recession, gummy smile indicating some VME and a bad bite and the po...

I know you're stressed and panicking but that paragraph was very hard to read and all over the place. My general advice is to be very firm and stand up for yourself when discussing this with your ortho/surgeon. Voice your concerns very clearly with them and push until you get an honest answer. And n...

I doubt they let you leave alone after any procedure for liability reasons and always would require someone sign you out. But I'm surprised about the 72 hour rule as they have no way to verify/enforce that.

It's doable. Just make sure you have someone to get you to your hotel. You'll sleep a lot the first week anyway. Have the hotel just checkup/call periodically in case something goes wrong. Be very careful standing up, and do it very slowly hugging the wall as you might get very light headed if you s...

Thanks yeah I'm just wrapping up my consultation spree of second opinions. I did actually consult with NYCOMS and liked them, thanks for the suggestion. Don't feel comfortable sharing their specific opinion here as I don't want to mention anyone publicly besides my original surgeon. But so far the o...

The surgery was many years ago, there was nothing for the orthodontist to do as I still have vertical maxillary excess. I read the operative report and it sounds like in the second surgery they didn't cut any bone, just loosened screws and repositioned with no new cutting so I might just have 1 oper...

I don't have a frontal x-ray, why would it help? I didn't have symmetry problems beforehand. In addition to aesthetics, I'd argue, more problematically, this is a poor functional result as well. I have 6mm lip incompetence and 4mm upper incisor show (this is more than pre-surgery and was not the pla...

I'll keep this strictly factual, draw your own conclusions. Brief story: I had a Lefort I and BSSO done to treat a 5mm open bite. They actually had to perform the same operation twice, spaced a week apart, since according to my surgeon I clenched too hard immediately after being woken from anesthesi...

I wouldn't risk it. In my case I couldn't chew any hard foods for 10 weeks so I'm struggling to see how playing soccer would be safe.