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Calling all experts here, I really need your help. My problem: a weak, narrow, and slightly recessed jaw. I had braces as a kid, so my teeth are aligned, but my jaw is not aesthetic. I've talked to various doctors about what can be done, and the big decision is jaw surgery + implants or just implants. However, everyone gives me a different answer.
I first talked to Eppley. Of course he suggested I was a good candidate for implants. But he also said my jaw was recessed and I would benefit from jaw surgery first. He said it's better to fix structural problems first and recommended I find a jaw surgion before getting implants with him.
Then I talked to several jaw surgeons in Korea (closer for me). First of all, Koreans basically only do jaw reduction, whereas I want to make my jaw more prominent. So right off the bat it's not their specialty. They pretty much all said the same thing: they could only advance around 5mm and it wouldn't make much of a visual difference. They did not seem confident in their ability to help me.
After that I talked to Ramieri in Italy. I told him about the Korean doctors. He said they're right, but there's another option. I can have two pre-molars removed, get braces for a year, and then do surgery. With this option he can do significant advancement and give me the visual difference I wanted. Sounds great, but braces and a years wait is a real pain.
Finally, I talked to Yaremchuk. He basically told me jaw surgery was a waste of time and money. He said it wouldn't help in my primary goal of making the jaw wider (this is true, all surgeons admitted this) and would only affect the recession. He suggested I skip jaw surgery and go straight to implants.
So unless I talk to even more surgeons, I think my two options are to do jaw surgery with Ramieri and then implants at a later date, or directly go for implants with Eppley or Yaremchuk.
Which option is better?
Should I seek more opinions?
Will implants alone look natural? (there seems to be a lot of debate about this).
Yes, I'm a curry but I don't give a shit. I only care about getting the best surgery I can, so don't bother with the negativity.
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I first talked to Eppley. Of course he suggested I was a good candidate for implants. But he also said my jaw was recessed and I would benefit from jaw surgery first. He said it's better to fix structural problems first and recommended I find a jaw surgion before getting implants with him.
Then I talked to several jaw surgeons in Korea (closer for me). First of all, Koreans basically only do jaw reduction, whereas I want to make my jaw more prominent. So right off the bat it's not their specialty. They pretty much all said the same thing: they could only advance around 5mm and it wouldn't make much of a visual difference. They did not seem confident in their ability to help me.
After that I talked to Ramieri in Italy. I told him about the Korean doctors. He said they're right, but there's another option. I can have two pre-molars removed, get braces for a year, and then do surgery. With this option he can do significant advancement and give me the visual difference I wanted. Sounds great, but braces and a years wait is a real pain.
Finally, I talked to Yaremchuk. He basically told me jaw surgery was a waste of time and money. He said it wouldn't help in my primary goal of making the jaw wider (this is true, all surgeons admitted this) and would only affect the recession. He suggested I skip jaw surgery and go straight to implants.
So unless I talk to even more surgeons, I think my two options are to do jaw surgery with Ramieri and then implants at a later date, or directly go for implants with Eppley or Yaremchuk.
Which option is better?
Should I seek more opinions?
Will implants alone look natural? (there seems to be a lot of debate about this).
Yes, I'm a curry but I don't give a shit. I only care about getting the best surgery I can, so don't bother with the negativity.
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