Some news ...
Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 2:03 am
Hi all,
I have been "away" for some time here, but now I have some news.
Well, I finally had the opportunity to see the oral surgeon. To talk about my case
in general and about my orthodontic history, open bite and class 2 bite in particular.
He was convinced I was a biomechanics engineer. So, the level of our conversation
was ... pretty high. I did not say I am an engineer in electronics who just happens
to frequent one of the best orthodontic sites in the world and knows a bit how to
google. Well, not in the beginning. At the end I said this. I think he was impressed
about my knowledge ...
Anyway. He too is convinced that my former treatments were not exactly ... the best
ones possible. Eh, I am very mild today. He made me bite down and inspected my
moulds made when my braces were removed, now about 6 months ago. He said
he can very well understand why I am not satisfied now. Only my left first molars
touch, and even these do not occlude, only touch. He said exactly what I said when
my braces were removed. Then I had a nice upper arch and lower arch. But it was
like they were from 2 different persons. They did not fit at all. I am sure if I stop
this talk now, go out and "steal" the lower jaw from someone, it probably will fit
better than mine. And this is caused mainly by bad treatment.
He thinks it can only be corrected by upper jaw surgery. Do a posterior impaction
to close my bite and split the upper jaw in segments to create again an occlusion.
I asked if my bite could be closed using bone anchors. As the whole back part of
my upper arch needs to be intruded, it would be very very difficult. It could take
maybe 4 years and the result is not guaranteed. He said I would certainly be a
very interesting showcase for his students if I choose this option (this oral surgeon
is professor at an university). There was some more talking, but in essence this
is the information I got. And the appointment ended without any perspective for the
future. I asked what he advises me to do now. A concrete answer is pending
somewhere, don't know where. Maybe I talk again once more to my orthodontist,
I said. Yeah, you could do that, he said. But he asked to set an appointment
in such a way that he could be there too. So, more waiting and being a bit ... clueless.
Or should I say cloless. Fits me better. I think I will end in some museum, as the
person with the nonexistent occlusion, together with the 3 armed lady and the 6
legged mammals.
Oh, I want to share this too. He quoted a Mexican professor who said once an
occlusion is like virginity. You have it or you don't have it. You can't have just a bit
of this. Made me think about this. If you lost your virginity, then you never can get
it back. So, does that mean that I will never be able to get my occlusion back ? Then
what is he still doing as an oral surgeon, I thought. Of course I did not tell him that.
Or it could become a quote from a famous patient named Clo, which gave him a good
laugh, or it could make him throw me on the street ...
I have been "away" for some time here, but now I have some news.
Well, I finally had the opportunity to see the oral surgeon. To talk about my case
in general and about my orthodontic history, open bite and class 2 bite in particular.
He was convinced I was a biomechanics engineer. So, the level of our conversation
was ... pretty high. I did not say I am an engineer in electronics who just happens
to frequent one of the best orthodontic sites in the world and knows a bit how to
google. Well, not in the beginning. At the end I said this. I think he was impressed
about my knowledge ...
Anyway. He too is convinced that my former treatments were not exactly ... the best
ones possible. Eh, I am very mild today. He made me bite down and inspected my
moulds made when my braces were removed, now about 6 months ago. He said
he can very well understand why I am not satisfied now. Only my left first molars
touch, and even these do not occlude, only touch. He said exactly what I said when
my braces were removed. Then I had a nice upper arch and lower arch. But it was
like they were from 2 different persons. They did not fit at all. I am sure if I stop
this talk now, go out and "steal" the lower jaw from someone, it probably will fit
better than mine. And this is caused mainly by bad treatment.
He thinks it can only be corrected by upper jaw surgery. Do a posterior impaction
to close my bite and split the upper jaw in segments to create again an occlusion.
I asked if my bite could be closed using bone anchors. As the whole back part of
my upper arch needs to be intruded, it would be very very difficult. It could take
maybe 4 years and the result is not guaranteed. He said I would certainly be a
very interesting showcase for his students if I choose this option (this oral surgeon
is professor at an university). There was some more talking, but in essence this
is the information I got. And the appointment ended without any perspective for the
future. I asked what he advises me to do now. A concrete answer is pending
somewhere, don't know where. Maybe I talk again once more to my orthodontist,
I said. Yeah, you could do that, he said. But he asked to set an appointment
in such a way that he could be there too. So, more waiting and being a bit ... clueless.
Or should I say cloless. Fits me better. I think I will end in some museum, as the
person with the nonexistent occlusion, together with the 3 armed lady and the 6
legged mammals.
Oh, I want to share this too. He quoted a Mexican professor who said once an
occlusion is like virginity. You have it or you don't have it. You can't have just a bit
of this. Made me think about this. If you lost your virginity, then you never can get
it back. So, does that mean that I will never be able to get my occlusion back ? Then
what is he still doing as an oral surgeon, I thought. Of course I did not tell him that.
Or it could become a quote from a famous patient named Clo, which gave him a good
laugh, or it could make him throw me on the street ...
.