I had jaw advancement this past February my upper jaw was moved forward by 5mm on the NHS. After the surgery i knew something was not right. My lower jaw felt it was in the wrong position and my upper jaw still felt back.
For months i thought i was going crazy, feeling depressed and shut myself off from everyone, every person i spoke to including 2 surgeons said my jaws were the same length.
I had to go to hospital due to to my lower jaw locking up on one side, clicking and popping when i closed my mouth and terrible headaches.
I finally saw a tmj specialist about 3 weeks ago i didn't say why i was there i wanted to see if she would know. After taking the JVA test i was right all along the surgeon got the measurements wrong on my upper jaw.
My lower jaw was trapped back causing me tmj problems this was because of the shoddy work of the orthodontist. The surgeon measured the distance from my back teeth of my trapped lower jaw. I am now starting to posture my lower jaw in a more comfortable forward position, there is no clicking now when i close my mouth and will soon be wearing an orthotic appliance to keep my jaw in the position followed by braces for this treatment is costing me ?10000! Not only this i am still a class 3 and my upper jaw still needs to go forward by another 4-5mm for another jaw surgery this will cost me another ?10000 with Johnson or Piet Haers (who the dentist i am with deals with) or ?13-?15 with Thuau.
It is so frustrating the orthodontist did not have a clue what he was doing he was an arrogant prick! When i told him about tmj he said this is the same as gum disease, nobody knows much about it and will sort it self out overtime he was just focused on straightening the teeth and not the function, my teeth were still torqued. I had an argument with him and discharged myself about 3-4 weeks ago, i have not worn the retainer and my teeth have moved but i'll be wearing braces again anyway.
I know this is quite long winded but, how would i stand about compensation or pursuing legal action? A lot of the personal injury claims are only if you are injured during surgery which i wasn't but they have proper f**ked up and it looks like it will be at my expense!