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Here another dissapointed patient :( I had lower jaw moved forward in januari 2007 and was out of braces that same year in september. The whole treatment went great and i was very happy with the result. And then this summer, a year and a half after surgery, the jaw started to relapse. Not much at fi...

Hey Fairy I totally understand about being too critical and obsessing over it. There's not one day without searching the internet for more information, taking pictures with the webcam of my teeth, and staring in the mirror for hours. Actually my ortho put me at my place (hehe dutch expression, sorry...

hey Faery I went to ortho yesterday. The problem really is my jaw and not teeth moving. So front teeth tipping forward shouldn't be so much of a problem, but looks bad now because of the new overjet created by the lower jaw falling back. he gave me two options: 1. a biteplate problem with that, is t...

Cool!
I'll wait for the pictures
Good luck with finals!

Hey!
So finally the retainer experience

Interesting to read that it can actually move teeth, very hopefull for my case as well

So you say it really helped moving the lower teeth? I remember we had our doubts how that was even possible!
I'm very curious how it develops!
Good luck with it!

next monday i have an appointment with ortho. Going to ask him for the pictures and molds he took when i got my braces removed. There is definatly a relapse from the lower jaw, confirmed by the surgeon. And i can see it clearly in my profile. Just a mm or two, but 2 mm of change in your face is huge...

Well, the surgeon didn't say anything about my bite last time. So i can only tell what i feel (allthough i've learned that what i feel is not always close to how it really is). I feel like i don't have a stable bite anymore. When the surgeon asked to bite i actually had to think and once i let my up...

So, i saw my surgeon a few hours ago. I told him straight away i'm really troubled about the situation. He took it really seriously. He admits there is some relapse, but that those things can be excepted...the body always changes and all that. He said having surgery again would probably not be an op...

hey shooter I totally understand how you feel. I had a relapse a few months ago. My surgeon admits it but says it's all not that bad...but it is, my profile changed terribly in a few months, almost back to the way it was and i can't even recognise my bite anymore. First i tried to accept it, but it ...

thank you for the rational words :) I'm afraid i'm clearly not close to acceptance though :( I see a change in my face as well (not just teeth), so every time i see a glimpse of my reflection in a window or mirror i can't help but dislike it. I see my surgeon next friday and decided to be very clear...

Thank you everybody for the very positive messages! It means a lot to me, because i know it's all about accepting. I still have my moments where i would go in braces immediatly again if that would be an option..but how much would it really help? I still think my front teeth or way too much forwards....

actually my teeth look quite a bit like yours (you can see the pics in the thread 'accepting relapse'). Except that also my upper teeth stick out..*sigh* Ortho says this is the best he can achieve but i do think they moved a bit, even though i wear a fixed retainer and a removable retainer (every ni...

My lowers tip forwards just like yours. I talked about it to my ortho during my last appointment (already more than a year after braces). He says it's ok like that, because that way they fit better to the upper teeth. So he claims there's no problem at all. It's true though that if he would straight...

i think my lowers are quite forward already, that's the only reason why they still almost touch my uppers. But my uppers are forward too..too much i think...

Some pictures!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/44608362@N04/?saved=1

i hope this works..