any uk open biters?

[6milliondollardan]

hi all,im back again, not been on in along time. so long infact iv forgt my user name lol,..any way, went for my last appointment today before thay put braces on me in september,hoooraaayyyy at long last, iv been waiting years for this as im a very complicated case.just wandered if ther is any other body els on here haveing surgery on the NHS.i would like to share stories with you.

[PrincessLea]

Hi,

I'm from the UK and will be having surgery on the NHS for my open bite early next year. My braces went on in March! I can't wait for it to all be over with and have a nice set of pearly whites!

[6milliondollardan]

hi princesslea, its great to here from another openbiter! we are a rare breed LOL,what hospital are you beeing seen at ,iv been going to glenfield in leicester for years,my open bite is a complicated one,have you had to have a isotope injection scan,i think thay thought i had some weired desiese lol,iv got a class 3 mall calusion 10mm open bite with onley my back teeth touching,my teeth wer ok upntill i was around 20 then it all started with a small 1mm gap at the front,thay dont now weather i broke my jaw at some stage or weather it is genetic(sorry about my spelling).thay have been observing me for ages lol,well thats what thayr saying.....has your brace changed your bite atall,?? nice to here from you thank for replying

[crazybeautiful]

Congrats on getting your braces on and getting started! I had an openbite along with my underbite- feel free to check out my blog (below)

Good luck, and if you have any particular questions, ask away. We are all happy to help

[annafaith]

Hi,

I had an open bite and overjet too and have just been through surgery on the NHS. Only my back teeth touched before, post surgery more of my teeth touch but it's not perfect. It was successfull though and my jaw is in a much much better position. I'm still waiting to see what the orthos plans are now. Any Qs about the delights of having surgery on the NHS let me know

[keeponsmiling]

Yep - join the club! My open bite developed in my early twenties and I'm hopefully getting Lefort 1, BSSO and genio early next year, age 33. The NHS is slow to get going, but once you're in the system things do speed up. Annafaith - hope your recovery continues to go well.

[PrincessLea]

I'm at blackburn hospital up in Lancashire and hoping I don't randomly get shoved on a waiting list like so many other people do in england. They've never mentioned anything like that and in my first consult with my surgeon she said she would like to do my surgery in january if my teeth were ready! No I didn't have to have that test :S they never enquired as to what was the cause - I think mine is genetic anyway as my dad has issues with his jaw and so did his mum. (And his mum had all false teeth in her 50s which I do not want to risk by not getting something done about it!!!!)

I'm not sure what kind of movement needs to be done yet. They took out my bottom wisdom teeth in May in preparation for the op as they would be in the way. They've only said there is a 99% chance they will do the bottom aswell as the top. To be honest I really want them to, I think it needs doing. I've got a weak jaw line and my chin is a bit too far back. I think they'll need to though because as well as my open bite my top jaw is way over my bottom. I've had my braces on for 4 months and seeing amazing results already!

Hope everyone else is having a positive experience!

[6milliondollardan]

thanks for the response everyone,it helps me alot to hear from others with similar problems.i hope it goes well for you all.

[Emmauk]

Hi

Me too, I am in South East and have a severe open bite only 2 small contact points in my mouth. I think at my first appoinment they measured my open bite as 14mm!!

I have had braces for about 9-10 months now and have noticed huge differences but have a way to go yet. I will need Le Fort I and BSSO, having said that there are no local surgeons working on the nhs so i might be in for a significant wait..... not even on the list yet. I was told at the last count about 3 months ago the waiting list had 75 surgery ready patients and nobody doing them so the list is only getting bigger so far.

[annafaith]

@Emmauk - I had surgery in the south east with an excellent maxfac consultant who does a LOT of jaw surgery cases. The hospital I went to also specialises in training maxfac doctors so it's a good place to go. I think he's got a long waiting list but it can't hurt to try and get a referral, and see if it's any quicker? I'll message you details if you're interested, don't really want to put them on here. x

[pinkbows22]

Im in the East (Bucks) and luckily my local hospital also have a joint orthodontic and maxillofacial department, took just over a year from my first appointment to then finally getting the go ahead from the PCT, and then have just had top front brace on last Thursday with the rest due for next week. Been told looking at end of next year for the operation but obviously depends on how teeth movements goes. I have an underbite, openbite and i think it also looks like top jaw is slightly angled but taking one step at a time as what they will have planned could change by then although surgeon did say looking at top and bottom surgery. All being done on the NHS thankfully as no way could I ever of afforded this on own. At the joint meeting with both my ortho and surgeon, I was told was I am nearing surgery ready, being as they work together, that if there is anything more than a six week wait for a date, that they will book in me once pretty much ready but the surgeon doesn't seem to have anyone waiting more than 2-5 weeks once ready, so from reading some other's on the NHS seems I may (hopefully) be a little lucky re time scales and not having to wait months for a date.

[6milliondollardan]

hi all me again well ther seems to be quite alot of us open biters about.what a very odd thing an openbite is i would love to know why thay occur,anyway,i got my bottom braces on wednesday in quite abit of pain at the min,its starting to dig its way through my inner lip lol.not looking forward to haveing my top teeth done next wednesday, oh well could be worse.

[brightonbraces]

I also have an open bite and overbite and have had braces since Dec of 09 but I had to wait two years to start my treatment. My surgery is going to be probably February next year and it's on the NHS. I go to the Princess Royal in East Grinstead in East Sussex, and they are telling me now that surgeons there are booking through January, so that might be of use to other South-East types