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ppsk

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surgeons that subscribe to "surgery first"?
« on: January 17, 2017, 10:36:58 PM »
Obviously Alfaro is the big champion of it, but does anyone else have any other names?

I'm starting to realize how involved double jaw surgery is, and I really really really do not want to have spend 18 months in braces prior, as i have a normal bite and straight teeth aside from minor crowding on the lower.

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Re: surgeons that subscribe to "surgery first"?
« Reply #1 on: January 18, 2017, 02:03:09 AM »
I THINK that surgeons who specialize in doing it for sleep apnea do the surgery without braces if the patient doesn't need them. An orthodontist told me that anyway.
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Re: surgeons that subscribe to "surgery first"?
« Reply #2 on: January 18, 2017, 02:07:37 AM »
Obviously Alfaro is the big champion of it, but does anyone else have any other names?

I'm starting to realize how involved double jaw surgery is, and I really really really do not want to have spend 18 months in braces prior, as i have a normal bite and straight teeth aside from minor crowding on the lower.
If that's the case and you have no functional issues, then don't do it.

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Re: surgeons that subscribe to "surgery first"?
« Reply #3 on: January 18, 2017, 04:12:44 AM »
If that's the case and you have no functional issues, then don't do it.

I'm doing it for aesthetic reasons, increasing airway and what not is just a boon.

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Re: surgeons that subscribe to "surgery first"?
« Reply #4 on: January 18, 2017, 11:21:39 AM »
I'm doing it for aesthetic reasons, increasing airway and what not is just a boon.
Jaw surgery is not a haircut. You may come out of this looking worse and with functional issue - bad bite, nerve damage.

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Re: surgeons that subscribe to "surgery first"?
« Reply #5 on: January 18, 2017, 02:12:31 PM »
i know marianetti does. f**kin hell 2 years ago no one did this, just alfaro. jesus my timing is so bad

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Re: surgeons that subscribe to "surgery first"?
« Reply #6 on: January 19, 2017, 02:17:25 AM »
Jaw surgery is not a haircut. You may come out of this looking worse and with functional issue - bad bite, nerve damage.

I'm well aware of the risks, but do keep patronizing me like i landed here from a cosmetics website.

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Re: surgeons that subscribe to "surgery first"?
« Reply #7 on: January 19, 2017, 07:01:55 AM »
I'm well aware of the risks, but do keep patronizing me like i landed here from a cosmetics website.

LOL   ;D ;D ;D
The more I learn about the gamble that is jaw surgery the more afraid I become!!!   :-(

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Re: surgeons that subscribe to "surgery first"?
« Reply #8 on: January 19, 2017, 03:51:17 PM »
Is there any benefit to surgery first aside from the wait?

If the bite is poor and/or the patient has existing camouflage orthodonthic work done before is it always better to work with braces first?

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Re: surgeons that subscribe to "surgery first"?
« Reply #9 on: January 19, 2017, 04:47:08 PM »
Is there any benefit to surgery first aside from the wait?

If the bite is poor and/or the patient has existing camouflage orthodonthic work done before is it always better to work with braces first?
Supposedly teeth move faster after the jaws have been moved first - "regional acceletory phenomenon". So the total treatment time may be less.

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Re: surgeons that subscribe to "surgery first"?
« Reply #10 on: January 22, 2017, 04:49:51 PM »

I do not think the starting point inquiry is a simple pigeon hole of:

A) Surgery first or
B) Ortho first & Surgery 2nd.

I think the starting point is to evaluate the patient and then have an open minded experienced surgeon make a decision as to which order is best for the individual patient.