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I've heard anywhere between 2-4 weeks is the expected time away from work. My surgeon said a couple weeks. Though I'd hate to miss more than a week of work. I'd use up all my time off!

Thanks newbite! Good luck with your treatment!! If my surgery gets approved I'll post pictures of my bite... :) The orthodontist took much more accurate measurments of my bite. My underbite is 10 mm. I met with the surgeon yesterday and I should hear back about insurance approval in 3 weeks. I'd lik...

[quote="urban"]Yay! More progress has been made. Since the last time I posted, I had gotten X-Rays and impressions for braces. I went to see the orthodontist last night and he told me he had been looking at my case for three days. He told me that now the next step is to just get my teeth c...

I meant I have an orthodontist appointment on July 22nd...not June lol. Sorry for any typos! I'd fixed them but I can't yet.

Hello everyone! I'm new here and thought I'd make an intro post with some back story of myself before I really got into posting more!! I'll try and keep this short. I started to develop an underbite at around 7 years old or so. By the time I was 10 I had lost all but 3 or 4 of my teeth on top (I can...