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k2kassie

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BSSO surgery...very scared and confused, please help!
« on: March 09, 2015, 04:38:18 PM »
hello everyone...I hope I am posting in the right spot. this is my first post on this site.

I am 23 years old and starting my Invisalign treatment tomorrow. I have two options - 1) just aligning my teeth with Invisalign or 2) aligning my teeth with Invisalign followed by some months in braces and a BSSO surgery during that time period. I have an overbite that sometimes causes me to clench and gives me a "tired" jaw. I am very interested in the results of the surgery...but scared out of my mind to have it!

my oral surgeon said I would be a very easy case and heal very well because of my age...he said if he were me, he would have the surgery.

in my orthondontist's notes he says:
TMJ WNL
TMD signs (-)
class II (weak) right first molar

(I also had braces when I was younger and the orthodontist at the time tired to camouflage my bite)

I would like some input on what you would recommend for me based on my pictures and if you can give me any insight on the surgery. do you think my bite is bad enough for surgery based on the photos? (I forgot to ask how many mm it is). is this surgery worth it in the long run?


another pic:
http://imgur.com/Mhg8XCl

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notrain

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Re: BSSO surgery...very scared and confused, please help!
« Reply #1 on: March 09, 2015, 05:55:00 PM »
get the surgery. you have the same profile i have (short face, deep mentolab. groove) and if you don't get surgery the ortho has to procline your lower teeth (artificially create a protrusion) a lot so they meet the upper teeth. this is not a good solution at all and you should go the surgical route.

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Re: BSSO surgery...very scared and confused, please help!
« Reply #2 on: March 10, 2015, 10:01:57 AM »
Basically what notrain said. Your case looks super simple. BSSO with a Lefort I most likely.