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Blues:
I'm well at the beginning of this procedure, so much that i haven't had a proper consultation. The last time i did i was 15 (i am now 22). It makes me so sad but at the time i was scared as i had never had an operation and the thought terrified me. When i was last consulting it was with my facial surgeon, it's sad to think i was so close to having braces applied and then i bottled out. Now i'm a bit older i know i have to have this done. It's affected everything from my social to my love life, i'm already a hermit as it is. Should i get the braces i will definitely disappear into obscurity. I wouldn't be able to face life with my bite being exacerbated, even if it were to help me. I'll just have to hide away for however long it takes till surgery. Life well and truly sucks!

How do i go about this now though, i had a check up at a different dentist and the b*tch wasn't very helpful, she was saying that i had to contact my previous ortho for documents blah blah. Forget that, how do i start again, who do i see. Should i register with a local Ortho and go from there? I'm completely at a loss, please help. I'm the from the UK by the way. People have said i may have to pay but that's a no no. I don't see why? My friend's sister got a boob job on the NHS all because she was depressed, it makes me so god damn angry!

Antbee:
I think to go through the NHS you'd need an orthodontist to see you and recommend you for surgery, the you'd get a referral to a hospital with a maxillofacial dept. etc. So because you have to pay for orthodontic work now in the UK (I think, it's been a while since I lived there, when I was a kid, my case was so bad, my braces were free on NHS) you can pick an orthodontist who has experience with jaw surgery patients. Have a look online, googling orthos in your area or close by and searching for "london (wherever you live) jaw surgery orthodontist" for example.
Good luck! Don't be disheartened. Now I live in the US and my ortho here suggested surgery. I started off with lingual braces and then because it was necessary for surgery got train track braces on the outside of my teeth. I am hermit-like too! (I think this is common among people with jaw issues as they generally feel less attractive or appealing and less confident) and braces were tough to get used to, but eventually you find yourself forgetting they're there and noticing a lot of older people have them too, not just teenagers.

Antbee:

--- Quote from: perfetto8390 on June 05, 2012, 06:56:06 AM ---@Cheezyguy913 I hope that your reovery is going well  :). I am trying to hang in there lol, but I am on summer break now and I am ready for this. I already have my oral surgeon, I am just waiting for my teeth to be in the correct positions to get the go ahead from my orthodontist to have surgery. I thought my teeth were perfectly straight, but with the stainless steel wire they put on my teeth are moving way out now :( . I do have lingual braces, which have made this journey a little bit easier in some aspects. They said that I can have surgery with the lingual braces, but they will cement the surgical hooks on the front of my teeth. There was also some talk of possibly putting regular braces on my back teeth, but I am not sure if that will be happening or not. What would you say is the hardest part of your recovery so far?

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Hey Valerie, I think I see over on archwired you had your surgery. How are you? Hope everything is going well:)

perfetto8390:
Hey I have not been on here in a while, but its funny you said that I had my surgery? Actually my surgery has been moved to hopefully December. One of my brackets fell off, so they had to reorder it and my surgery has been rescheduled  :(. I was very disappointed, but now I am so busy with school that it will be here in no time.

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