Hello everyone! I am new to the forum, but not new to jaw surgery. I've had two surgeries. My first was in May 2012. I had a Lefort I (2-piece), an IVRO, and a genio. I had a severe open bite, overjet, asymmetry, and degeneration of both condyles. I've had braces since December 2010. I had to wear a MAGO splint before braces (I had it for nine months) and then a deprogrammer splint which I wore from Jan 2012 until my surgery in May. My orthodontist took care of the splint adjustments.
After my surgery, I was wired shut (not just banded, because with the IVRO, I did not have rigid fixation in my mandible) for six weeks. I had to wear the surgical splint for five weeks more after my wires were cut. When the splint was out, I went to my ortho the same day who gave me an elastic to correct the midlines (they were over 3 mm off). I knew right away something was wrong (things were just so not straight and my bite was still open).
I had to have a 2nd surgery in October (upper only). My bite closed (almost), but my bite is edge to edge and I have no overbite (no overlap of top teeth over the bottom) and my midlines are still off by 2mm. Also, I am unhappy with my profile. I had a fairly deep mental-labial groove before surgery, but with the genio, it seems worse to me. I am hoping some of this can be fixed with orthodontics, as I really can't think of going through this again.
I'm hesitant to post pics just yet. I'd be grateful for any thoughts on your experiences with orthodontics and how much they are able to fix post-surgery. My surgeon is pleased with the bite and the sense I get from him is that I have the best result I could have given how bad my jaw was before.
Thank you!