Gunson, like others, has had some shockers as well. Also, I wouldn't say he's super high volume. There are quite a few who have done more. He's quite young for a surgeon, and, to his credit, doesn't just pump the cases through.
If you don't mind, can you expand on those 'shockers'? Has he offered those patients, a solution?
The worst I've heard has been about a girl who suffered a stroke which iirc was due to pregnancy pills. After that, one didn't have their bone density correctly assessed and as a result suffered complications, as well as a guy who had the nerve of his lower jaw accidentally severed, but both went on to mention that Gunson was upfront about it, stuck by them and offered solutions. Out of all the surgeons I've heard about, he seems to be the most attentive to detail as well as the most ethical.
In a perfect world what I really wish could happen is the following:
use sarpe to expand my upper jaw
use distractor on mandible to widen my lower jaw.
then move both jaws forward with lower jaw coming more forward.
Why the f**k can't this be done? It would create space for my tongue on the transverse axis and anterior posterior space. I realize my tongue moves with the lower jaw so I might still have some posterior anterior constriction but at least there would greater space at the back.
If anyone knows of a doc who can do this type of work let me know.
I have asked myself this question a million times. In an ideal world, we would be able to do this and get a stable result. It's a shame as we possibly could have benefitted massively using expanders or trying out the IMDO technique during our growth window.
Thanks Plosko, and thanks everyone Kavan, etc. for your responses.
Honestly, I'm experiencing some PTSD from this new revelation that I need a revision and that I'm still Class II and well my tongue space has been a nightmare.
Chin up, bud. Keep the faith that it will all work out in the end.
