Hey I saw an orthodontist and surgeon at the NHS and they first suggested surgery and then decided against it.
They suggested:
4mm impaction and CCW rotation
4mm advancement of upper jaw and slight setback of lower jaw.
4mm genioplasty
I had braces when I was 14 and they removed 4 teeth and tipped my top teeth forward and bottom teeth back and this has made my bite good and camoflauged problems. I am now 24 and i have slight crowding. I have no fucntional issues and they said i didn't look that bad so decided against surgery.
I have a long face, show a lot of tooth, teeth crowding, short lip, flat cheeks and my chin is quite large and stick out.
They suggested I can get braces to sort out mild crowding and genioplasty but said this would have to be done privately.
I'm going to have a consultation to see if I can get orthogonathic surgery privately.
I have attatched pics when my mouth is shut and I show a lot of tooth.
By looking at my pics do you think jaw surgery will help me? Do you think the reason I got rejected was because my measuremnts were 4mm and to qualify for surgery on the NHS you need to have measurements of 5mm? Anybody else have surgery for 4mm movements? Anyone else got rejected from NHS and has had surgery privately? Any suggestions of what I should do?