Thread: Anyone had surgery on a cross bite jaw?

What exactly is this? I notice my left jaw rubs against itself sometimes. Not all the time, which is odd.

one side of my jaw is higher up than the other.

i had braces when i was a child. it didn't seem to help. i have lots of clicking on my right side now (TMJ) so I don't know.....maybe i will be a candidate for the surgery someday. I have no pain though, so that is good.

are you in pain?

Wow you don't have any TMJ?

Look into a forum for persons who have had orthognathtic surgery
it will change your mind quick!

they wanted to do all that shit to me
a cosmetic dentist said he would grind dwon the old teeth
mold pretty new ones in the correct position
and it could be done in two visits w/no pain

thats the way I'm going

and yes my mouth is all messed up w/x-bite and everything

Originally Posted by IainDaniel

Wow you don't have any TMJ?

only clikcing and poping. No pain. At times it will nag me a little bit, but that is few and far between.

I hope it stays that way too. The last thing I want is fucking pain and ringing in my ears and shit like that.

That is good, my wife has to wear a mouth piece when she sleeps to combat pain issues. Mind you she has had a tonne of surgery on her mouth since she was a little kid.

yea, i still have to wear a retainer when i sleep to keep shit from shifting around. But, I don't have to wear a head piece or anything like that. that would suck and i can't imagine it being to comfortable.

On the x-ray, my whole right side jaw is about 4cm bigger than on the same spot on the left side. It seems the part that grows on the right side is growing faster than the left and is pushing my jaw to the left.

My right side's teeth dont touch unless I pull my jaw towards it (with my jaw mucles, not my hands). Naturally though, my front left teeth are the only ones that touch.

It doesnt get in the way of eating and theres no pain. I never really wouldve worried about it, but when I got my wisdom teeth taken out, the oral surgeon wanted to take pics of my jaw (he saw it back then) and told me that we "may want to look at this in the future." Well, lately Ive noticed Ive grinded my teeth in the morning and after I did that, I noticed that I am no longer using as much teeth as before. I needed to go to the dentist anyway (it was 4 years since my last visit), so I decided to see what they said.

The dentist I go to was like a big brother to me all my life (he lived next door). He fucking came into the room, interupting the hygentist from chopping my gums up and asked which parents to speak to about this. What the fuck? I am 27, why did he ask this? I figured it was cuz of cost...

In any case, I have a consultation July 2.