Long time reader first time poster!
Seeing as my surgery date is looming (January 23rd)I thought I might start to document my journey thus far and expectations for surgery.
So my story starts one year ago when i was sick of the state of my teeth. They were crowded and unsightly and i was really keen to get them fixed. But when i went to the ortho they told me that braces alone would not fix the problem. I was told that i had a deep bite and braces would just change that into an overbite. I also found that my tooth grinding and difficulty chewing using my front teeth was due to isses with my bite. So i did my research and decided to go through with both the braces and surgery.
10 months later and my teeth are just about perfect! My deep bite has been transformed into an overbite and im very optimistic towards surgery in 34 days. My surgeon is yet to do the molds but he has estimated that he will move the mandible forward 4-6mm. Im kind of exited! I've always had a weak profile, and i think the surgery will help to balance out my whole face. I will include some pictures below as well as a price breakdown.
Price (Australian);
-braces $5800
-surgery $3000 (will get roughly 50% back)
-insurance $1000
1) weak profile (sorry about the flash)
2) expected outcome (me sliding my jaw forward)
3)my teeth just about done!
4)front view of my jaw/ chin (i don't think surgery will chance this much)
Sorry i don't have more pictures of my profile, i tend to delete the pictures i dont like haha. if anyone has had surgery similiar to mine, is having surgery at the same time as me, has some advice or just wants a chat, hit me up :)
