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Well I hope you didn’t send that email! Pressing on a pimple isn’t nearly hard enough to move titanium plates and screws lol. At 5 months, your bones are fused anyways.

Ask your surgeon for one of the handy dandy tools to do it with. I had the same issue at first, but my surgeon happily gave me the tool to do it easily.

I suspect you’d do pretty well aesthetically with just a single jaw done, but you should discuss this with your surgeon.

marycotter1982 wrote: ↑

Wed May 08, 2019 9:15 am

I am also in NY area and would like to get in touch with all of you but cant private message??

That’s because your account doesn’t have full credentials yet. You can only PM after you’ve confirmed your account and posted some number of times IIRC.

My dentist said he wouldn’t feel comfortable making a night guard for a sleep apnea patient, and my oral surgeon said they “don’t do that”... The good news is that the Amazon one seems to work fine. It’s bulky and took some getting used to, but works.

how would you describe the sensation? It feels like there’s pieces of gauze tucked up between my gums and lip right where the 4 plates are/were. It’s now February and my 4-month alarm went off a few days ago to decide whether I want the other side out or not, and I’ve decided to leave the other sid...

Nothing you can do that I know of. But you can stay apprised of any nerve regeneration studies and maybe one will come down the pipes that you qualify for and can sign up for.

snapdresser, did the plate removal help? Unfortunately the feeling I described has not yet resolved. It seems a bit better, especially where the maxillary plate was, but it’s only maybe 10% better overall. My surgeon told me to wait until February and then let her know if I want her to take out the...

The lisp could be from your tongue getting used to the new position of your jaws, and the numbness might make that even harder. Both should get better with time; you’re still early on in recovery. Give it another year

Yes, breathing through my nose did improve. Though it was better, I still had some difficulty breathing through my nose after my LeFort I so I saw a top ENT and he said my septum wasn’t too deviated or anything, and said it was just swelling due to allergies and dry air. So I’m taking allergy shots ...

I can see the slight cant, but the casual observer won’t notice it. I think the difference in the bony growth between the left and right side of your mandible probably makes it somewhat more obvious. I’d recommend the bone shaving over the risks of having a revision, of anything, but it’s ultimately...

I think some people never really get the post-op molar position perfect. I think @jaime just learned to deal with a slight gap that remained after many months of orthodontic treatment, but I could be wrong. Good luck!

I flew internationally (about 7 hours) when I was about 10 weeks post-op. No problems at all.

It’s really hard to predict the strange feelings you’ll experience during the healing process. Many people (including myself) experience phantom pains and weird altered sensations like you’re describing. It usually gets better, but it’s possible that there is some permanent numbness. If the hardware...

A good surgeon should be able to find a middle ground where you still have 1-2mm gum showing, or at least should be able to make sure that you have several mm of your upper incisors showing post-op. I agree that it’s worth warning people about the potential for over-impaction tho!