Hmm, AFAIK, usually in Class III cases they try move the top jaw more than the bottom. But every case is different, of course. And if the discrepancy pre-op was 10 mm and the total movement was 10 mm, you should have ended up with an edge-to-edge bite immediately post-op.
Sorry I was not very clear in what I wrote. I actually meant that the total combined movement was 10mm, I am not sure what the discrepancy itself was but you can tell at those movements, it was certainly significant. Please do not get me wrong, my profile has changed drastically, my chin no longer looks like I am sticking my tongue behind my bottom lip....I have a normal exterior look, but my bite has moved. I have to say if the jaws have moved, I believe it cannot be more than a couple of mm. I am not so sure that they would have been able to move my top jaw forward more than the bottom jaw was moved back, my bottom jaw was very "overgrown" it would not have looked right unless they moved it back a rather drastic amount. I am seeing my surgeon in the upcoming weeks and without x-rays all of this is pure speculation.
Unfortunately, the harsh reality is that us individuals who were not blessed with good bites / profiles need to understand that this is dynamic tissue we are dealing with. Our bodies will always have this tendency to attempt to revert back in to their original position. I do question the impact of such surgeries when clearly there is an issue with long term stability of these operations. The same muscular-skeletal forces which caused these deformities to occur during growth periods, are clearly still present. I had always assumed that my jaws had not "grown correctly" but perhaps the real answer is to do with the muscles which surround these bones.
I await the result of any X-rays which I assume my surgeon will send me for, I do hope that this is the maximum extent of the relapse but honestly, who knows. I was not informed at any point prior to my operation about the risk of relapse but I sure as hell know a lot about it now.
