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simplywired
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Location: Seattle, Washington

#16 Post by simplywired »

I second the recommendation of Dr. Dale Bloomquist. I understand
people come from "around the globe" to seek his services and in
addition to his private practice he is an Associate Professor of
the Univ. of Washington medical school - teaching Orthognasthic
surgery. In fact a man had traveled from Pakistan to have his surgery done by Dr. B when I was there. I had every confidence in his ability and talked with several people, including a surgical nurse who worked with him, who have had jaw surgeries done by him. Without exception, they
were pleased with him, the procedure and the results. Even
though I am a whiner, I am pleased with the outcome of my surgery
also. I also agree with Meryaten, I'm sure he does the whole range of difficulty in these surgeries.

In cases where the surgery is not covered by medical insurance, he often offers a reduced rate - which the hospital (Swedish) in conjunction with him also offers.

I'm not familiar with the terms 3dMD scanning vs. facebow -
Meryaten could you tell those of us that don't know, what these
procedures mean? I am aware that Dr. B actually plans the
procedure on moldings but I'm not very "technical" to say the
least :?

Bubbles
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Joined: Sat Oct 20, 2007 7:27 pm

Surgeons

#17 Post by Bubbles »

Thanks for your replies. Do you have any advice as to how to pick the best surgeon? I have heard that Dr. William Arnett is the best in the country, but I haven't talked to anyone that has actually had surgery by him or knows anyone that has had surgery by him.

Delag
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#18 Post by Delag »

kelsie went to Dr. Arnett. I dont remember if she posted here, but her blog site is:
http://orthognathicsx.blogspot.com/

Bubbles
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Joined: Sat Oct 20, 2007 7:27 pm

Great!

#19 Post by Bubbles »

Delag,

Thanks for letting me know that Kelsie went to Dr. Arnett. I would like to contact her with some questions. Do you know how I can reach her? Her blog seems to have a yahoo contact, but when I click on it, I get a this page is not available message. Any help would be appreciated!

Thank you!

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