goodbye
Posted: Tue Sep 07, 2010 4:03 am
Hi, I have posted in here previously, I thought I needed lower jaw surgery. I have been messed about no end on my journey starting with my dentist referral to an orthodontist & then the hospital called me the day before my appt to say the person I had my appt with was an oral surgeon not an ortho & he would not see me! So that wasted a few months.
Then I went to see an orthodontist who told me he thought I did not need jaw surgery but he would sent me to see someone for a 2nd opinion. 6 months later I had heard nothing so rang arount to find out the original ortho had never sent a referral for a 2nd opinion at all.
Anyway eventually I have seen the 2nd opinion ortho (who works at the nhs hospital alongside a maxfax surgeon) who told me I have a slightly short lower jaw but he doesnt recommend jaw surgery for me saying it would not be worth it 2-3 years in braces & putting me through the mortality risk (yes he said that) & that I only scored 3 on a scale of 10. Im not sure what that means but Id resigned myself to looking the way I do by then.
The only option left which I will pursue is trying to improve my teeth by either orthodontics or veneers. Hopefully nice teeth will take some emphasis off my awful jawline.
Im sad but also a little relieved at the same time. Maybe I could have a chin implant. Jaw implants would be good but its not common in the uk.
So good luck everyone & I'll pop over to another part of the forum.
Then I went to see an orthodontist who told me he thought I did not need jaw surgery but he would sent me to see someone for a 2nd opinion. 6 months later I had heard nothing so rang arount to find out the original ortho had never sent a referral for a 2nd opinion at all.
Anyway eventually I have seen the 2nd opinion ortho (who works at the nhs hospital alongside a maxfax surgeon) who told me I have a slightly short lower jaw but he doesnt recommend jaw surgery for me saying it would not be worth it 2-3 years in braces & putting me through the mortality risk (yes he said that) & that I only scored 3 on a scale of 10. Im not sure what that means but Id resigned myself to looking the way I do by then.
The only option left which I will pursue is trying to improve my teeth by either orthodontics or veneers. Hopefully nice teeth will take some emphasis off my awful jawline.
Im sad but also a little relieved at the same time. Maybe I could have a chin implant. Jaw implants would be good but its not common in the uk.
So good luck everyone & I'll pop over to another part of the forum.
And what is that scale about anyways?? I'm sorry your experience has been so bad!