That sounds painful getting wisdom teeth removed during jaw surgery. Imagine the added pain during recovery. I do have a very high pain tolerance, but would prefer to get the wisdom teeth out ahead of time, definitely ahead of braces. Dentists said I should've got them removed before, but they never hurted so I didn't. However it's probably a good time these days.
Weird that you mention joints molestrip
, because since my teen years, my bone joints...the knees in particular have been bothering me when I put pressure on them. My elbows have sometimes hurted when I was sleeping, but my knee pain is alot more prominent while the elbow pain is very rare.
I always assumed that maybe it was due to too much running or playing in the park. I know there's something called TMJ but I don't meet the symptoms. No jaw pain, no clicking/locking of the jaw, no trouble chewing food. I am seeing a bone specialist about joint pain (should have long ago).
Black people do have mouth protrusion more than other races, true and some have it worse than others...in my case I think it's way too much. Even if it can be reduced to 1-2 mm (instead of 5mm) I'd be super thrilled. I do agree that my case is on the minor side as I don't have serious functional problems, although the sleep apnea can get worse with time, but I guess this is more cosmetic than functional. I just don't understand why I have jaws different from my parents. They have jaws that are the norm (horizontal), neither has an overjet (or atleast one visible like mine), and no recessed chins in sight. It's very strange. I am super observant so when I'm out in public, I look at parents and the children of those parents. I notice a lot of the time the child has the same bone structure of both parents (with the same features). I do have some of my parents features, but not bone structure. I don't get why mine deviated. Maybe it could have been from my mom drinking while I was in the womb before she found out about being pregnant, or it could've been from me thumb sucking way too long (did that until I was 8 ), or mouth breathing (because honestly I'm unaware how long that's been going on).
Another thing that I see although it's not very noticeable unless you look
very closely, is in my teeth xray you can see lopsidedness. I highlighted it in red in a below pic. The bone on my left side (everyone's right) is higher than the other. I have no idea where that came from.
Either way, if insurance doesn't approve me for jaw surgery I will just move on with life. I may look different from other girls with shorter faces, but that's not the most important thing in the world. However, if insurance approves the surgery I'll be happy to take it on. It would be great for improving my breathing, or else I'll just get that fixed through an ENT. I was told since the sleep apnea is mild they don't recommend CPAP but surgery instead.
I'm located in NY and currently seeing Stephen Sachs DDS in Manhattan. He's cool peeps.
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