Top info Vic!
I'm a bit worried about lack of detail before hand though, I've read a few posts about how the initial consultation is VERY brief and offers little information. Can you talk us through the process with Mr Johnson? For example when are you locked in financially with him? At what point do you get a surgical plan and how detailed is it? And what kind of idea can he give you of the expected results (I've read he doesn't offer simulations or anything like that)?
Cheers
I wouldn't be worried, the first consultation is literally just a meet and greet, where he hears what you want and decides whether he can do it. Once you meet him, you'll feel less worried. I've had four consultations with him within the last 2 months, getting X-rays and molds of my teeth done by his technician and making sure that how I want it is exactly what he'll do. I had an exact 3D model built of my skull and jaws, which allows him to see exactly what needs doing and the movements and I used blue tack to show him how I want the chin to look from the front and profile.
I'm seeing him again before the operation to make sure that everything is how I want it and to go over the different movements as I'm constantly thinking about little tweaks I want doing.
Before you go to see him, it's best if you can send x-rays and photo's of yourself for him to analyse first. I already had x-rays done with traces, which analysed my x-rays against what was the norm with comments on from the technician.
He does his own traces on the x-rays through, to show you the final movements of the bones, which is how I like to see it. I think simulation's can be very deceiving and get people hopes up, but I done my own and took them to him to give him and idea of the final result.
He does the plan before you have to pay him. It's good because you don't have to pay be debit card no earlier than 7 days prior to the operation, so I've not paid him yet. But he's done all the planning already with his technicians
