Hi all
I just had two jaw surgery 3 weeks back and am still having quite a bit of pain/soreness around the teeth. I wanted to pick your brains for a question I have around where the incisions /cuts are made when setting back the mandible. I was always under the impression that this would be after the last molar on both sides so imagine my surprise when i realised that my cuts were made between the molar and the second last tooth instead on both sides. None of the videos etc I have seen online illustrating this procedure had the cuts situated in this location and I am a bit concerned because going into the surgery my aesthetic goal was to shorten my face as much as reasonably possible (I have a very long face with narrow tapered sides) and to my (layman) eyes if we were to situate the cuts between two teeth , the degree of reduction possible would be severely constrained by not being able to cut through the teeth . I asked my surgeon about this and he cryptically said the decision was motivated by 'bone status', I am trying to get him to elaborate but would anyone have any thoughts on why my procedure had to be carried out in this manner and are there some considerations etc I am not seeing ?
Ps-see picture attached . Granted it could be less of a regular rectangular wedge and the block could have been angled out so it's wider at the bottom but it looks to me like there is limited shaving /setback that can be done via this approach
Thanks
C
