Metal Mouth Message Board

Hi

I am new to the board & wanted to introduce myself.

I am 37 and in consultation for braces followed by surgery on upper & lower jaws due to a class 3.

Have enjoyed reading everyones posts so far and look forward to gaining advice & sharing my experience as things progress.

It's daunting, terrifying and exciting in equal measure!

so, anyway - "hi!"

Hello! I'm new here myself There is a ton of information available here.

Hi!

I am also a noob. Going to meet an ortho this week (Wednesday) for a consult, and have another consult in a couple weeks.

I will be heading the surgery route eventually as well. I have a 10mm overjet and was told when I was 9 that I would require surgery.

Good luck to both of you in your journeys, I will look forward to updates from you!

I'm a first time poster as well. Double jaw surgery was recommended to about 6 years ago but I wasn't happy with the orthodontist or surgeon and didn't even proceed with braces (which I wanted/needed for other reasons). Anyway, I'm now almost 30 looking to improve my smile and bite and want second and third opinions about the surgery aspect!

Hi all, another new person on here Braces for 2 years then surgery to fix my underbite I got told about this from another jaw-surgery friend and hopefully there will be plenty to learn from this

also a newbie who recently got braces, am also going to get jaw surgery to fix my overbite + jaw asymmetry

Good Morning and Welcome to all the "newbies"!!!

This is an awesome place of information and support!!

Sounds like many of your are having surgery. I'm not a surgery person. Just braces. I have clear on top and metal on the bottom. And So happy I have finally started this journey.

Great to hear from so many fellow newbies. Looking forward to sharing our journeys.

Hello everybody.
I am a new user and I am surprised about the surgery options in modern times. Unfortunately I do have An end-to-end bite which is not recognised until my 40s. My former dentist did not believe my story. Now I have well preserved molars but highly eroded incisors. With composites we manage to get a more or less stable situation. When a surgery had been Done in time, my teeth would have been almost perfect...

I'm new as well. Had lower jaw surgery and genioplasty in October to help correct my cross bite!

me too