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dailydave

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Bad surgical outcome. Condylar sag?
« on: February 11, 2024, 05:51:45 PM »
l ended up with a huge open bite immedeately after surgery. Based on the scans it looks like the upper jaw CCW rotated properly but the lower didn't.

Surgeon said the CCW happened on both jaws but the open bite is the clear indicator that it didn't or that it did but relapsed immediately after rigid fixation. I think the surgeon should have performed revision surgery right after the first one to correct this.

They fixed the bite with elastics but my jaw still remained very steep so my surgeon offered genio revision but it didn't help. I think condylar sagging happened during surgery. My result looks bad. I specifically went to this surgeon to get CCW rotation but to me it seems like I paid for something I didn't get…..what can I do?

Before: https://ibb.co/hfDgfbg
After: https://ibb.co/2WkZWsG


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Re: Bad surgical outcome. Condylar sag?
« Reply #1 on: February 26, 2024, 09:12:55 AM »
Who was the surgeon?

Yeah you should not have an open bite. Something went wrong, and it sounds like he didn't take responsibility and fix it. Obviously you can sue if you're in a Country that allows that, and/or you have to get revision if you don't like the result.
Millimeters are miles on the face.