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does anybody know aprox how mcuh it would cost

taking a long shot here coz most of you are from the US but thought i would try

I take it you mean privately. I'm having mine done privately in Edinburgh and it cost me approx. £2000 for the ortho and £4800 for the surgery (lower jaw advancement and genioplasty).

Hope that helps, Andy

haha. When I say "I'm paying" its not strictly true. It is being payed by medical insurance but only the operation, ie £5000. The ortho is out of pocket.

this is what mr cheung said last night, he has arranged another booking for me to see the surgeon as they are going to take my wisdom teeth out, i think its going to come down to whether the treatment will be free or whether i will have to pay.

if its free (which they are trying to arrange for me) then il go the surgery route but obviously we have to be carefull as it is over a year away and all the polics etc.

or if i have to pay, i will just go the route of braces which will camoflage my overbite. i will still have a gap but only 3mm not 7mm as per now.

what do you think.

is my side profile that bad ?

I think my orthodontist told me it was around £2500

I'm having it done on the NHS but am having to pay for braces myself

Good luck

the other thing i am extramly worried about is what im going to look like in the run up to surgery . aparently if i have a brace my bottom teeth will be pulled back and it will make my overbite even larger, can anyone tell me whether i will be talking funny, spiting at people etc what will my face look like :S so scared

Kerry,

I am also having lower jaw surgery and having been wearing upper and lower braces for over a year. I am nearing the end of the road and should be having surgery next month. I don't think a change is really noticeable in my speech or my looks, certainly not a major change.

I can feel that my teeth fit together differently, though, and my Ortho can tell, but no one has noticed a big change in my bite but me.

Maybe your surgeon can give you an approximate picture of what you would look like pre-surgery.

Don't worry - things usually aren't as bad as what we can imagine!

Lo

i am hoping i can get a picture maybe, i would need to ask the hospital for this.

it such a big decision and im glad i found this site.

Hello. I am having top and bottom jaw surgery next year for my severe underbite. I was original having all of this done privately but discovered that the NHS service is actually an advantage so swapped to NHS.

This is especially true for the operation as my Dr was keen for me to be in an NHS hospital with more experienced staff, used to this kind of jaw surgery, rather than in a private hospital where the nurses (especially at night) would not have seen this often before.

I have had my brace for about 9 months and its made my teeth lovely and straight, although they are now making the underbite even worse in preporation for post surgery alignment.

I would def recommend NHS, especially once you have got your brace on.

coming on here takes those doubts away, i have been so on off about it and if i can have it on the NHS i defiantly will.

I knows its only 5000 for surgery but im just going to put it this way.

it wasnt supposed to be ...

if thats the case il just have braces

Hi Tracey, I was just browsing through various posts and noticed it will be a year since you had your surgery, how did it all go? Best wishes.

Meryaten wrote:Oh boy. We're the last people to ask that!! As I am going about my day to day life now, I notice people with retrognathia, or vertical maxiallary excess, or ... and yes, I see it in those terms! No, I don't judge these people; no, I don't think "jeesh, she looks bad" or anything like that. But I just notice the conditions because I know a little bit about this stuff now You should ask someone who hasn't been wrapped up in ortho and orthognathic surgery all this while!

HAHAHAHA SO TRUE!!! Every time I see Quentin Tarantino or Jay Leno I flip out about how their bite looks.