Hi Breakkate,
I had a similar procedure about 25 years ago - maxillar reduction and mandibular lengthening and absolute relapse within a few years. No one knows why I relapsed. It could be due to mouth breathing or tongue thrusting. I will even look into condylar resorption as a few specialists observed bone loss in my face. My next step is to see an ENT to find out why I can't breathe through my nose.
Orthodontists seem very keen to apply braces again, which would realign the teeth into a nice arch on the top, but they can't guarantee my jaws will improve their position.
I was offered a genioplasty, which I had a few years ago, and that did improve my profile. Since having this done, my chin muscles do twist awkwardly when I speak or smile. And there is a deep groove between my bottom teeth (behind my lip) and where the chin begins. Other than that, I am happy with the result. See attached pic. I also had some nerve damage following the orthognathic surgery, and the surgeon fixed it during the genioplasty.
It has been disappointing to relapse as it was such a time consuming, painful and expensive exercise to have orthognathic surgery on both jaws and wear braces for so long. I hope the ENT will have some answers for me.
Hope this helps.
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