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In all honesty, not that severe. A lot of people here have had to have SARME and then bimax surgery, and/or expansion of both upper and lower jaws. It always seems like your situation is so terrible and unique, but all of us here are in the same boat! :wink: Just think that the surgery isn't that ma...

Haven't been here for a while, but I've just realised it's coming up to 2 years since my surgery. I hope some of my old buddies are still around, and would love to know how you are all doing :mrgreen: As for me, I still to this day get emotional about the surgery- it changed my life for the better, ...

Congrats on getting your braces on and getting started! I had an openbite along with my underbite- feel free to check out my blog (below)

Good luck, and if you have any particular questions, ask away. We are all happy to help

Wow, thanks for your posts, that makes me very excited about it all! And very reassured. I have a hospital appointment is tomorrow, it'll be interesting what happens next! (: It has been a little frustrating as I've been having all these appointments for 10 years now, I'm sure it's been the same wi...

I agree with suzyscientist's sentiments. Getting 'onto' your NHS treatment may take a while, but once you start you shouldn't have any issues in that regard.

Good luck to you, and to venom

Erm, I think I was in hospital for a couple of days. Certainly we tend to stay in longer over here than they do in America. I had both jaws done, and in 2007 had expansion surgery as well- which for when your upper jaw is narrow. Feel free to look at my blog anyway, and if you have any questions fro...

Hi and welcome. If you have a look around some threads here you will find experiences and stories from a lot of people, a lot of which will be having the same surgery as you. If you have any questions about treatment on the NHS (I'm assuming this is where you'll be getting your treatment), there are...

Whenever I read about how appointments work in America I always find it strange: do you get seen individually or is there like a big holding room where the ortho just walks around a load of patients, and then the assistant does whatever needs doing? Just wondering, because that's just the impression...

I'm with those who have explained the need for surgery before any significant expansion can take place. Think of it with this analogy: if you have a brick, you can try and pull it apart all you want, but it's not going to change the structure of the brick. If you have a significantly narrow upper ja...

Just for some clarity here: Non-surgical palatal expansion is a very different story from surgically assisted expansion (SARME/SARPE). The non-surgical route often does not truly expand anything. The surgical route on the other hand would only 'not work' if for some reason you happened to relapse (r...

I got Essix retainers (the transparent ones) the same day, to wear whilst my 'proper' Hawley ones were ready (a week later). I would be uneasy not wearing them straight away (and I only have to wear mine at night anyway; now in fact one night on/one off) however I don't think there will be much move...

I'm trying to make them feel better about their situation, not worse. And from what I take from this thread, the issue is inherently less about functional concerns than it is other things. If I were addressing you, we would be talking about different issues (ie the pain and discomfort you feel). I t...

Your bite looks pretty decent to me, in all honesty.

If you think that open bite it bad...
http://crazybeautifulsurgery.blogspot.c ... yikes.html

Perspective is a good thing!

I'm not actually sure what the policy is for NHS treatment for non-British residents. I assume you would have to go private anyway. Though in terms of the NHS in general, 'don't knock it until you have tried it'. Whatever may be of issue with the NHS, it is not the level of standard or care or quali...

As a general guide to UK treatment, the NHS follows a 'severity of case' guidline: http://www.bos.org.uk/orthodonticsandyou/orthodonticsandthenhs/whatisiotn I think this gives a general perspective of what is severe and what is minor. Of course if you were to come here for surgery, it would be priva...