Joint Clinic

I was accompanied by my Dad and my boyfriend to this appointment.

There was the surgeon Mr O, My orthodontist Mr S and his nurse Nicky and someone else with the surgeon present.

I sat on the dental chair in the middle and felt like I was on show!
Well there was 6 other people excluding myself in the room.

Anyway I basically got asked questions about why I want the surgery etc and Mr O also told what they will do in the operation.

My top and bottom jaws will both be moved.
My bottom jaw will be moved back and my top jaw will be moved down and forwards.
At the moment although my top front teeth are straight, you can't see them when I talk, so moving the jaw down will make the teeth visible.

Mr O said although it doesn't matter too much now as I'm young enough, it will make me look as though I haven't got my top dentures in when I'm older!

I think he meant figuratively about the dentures as if I'm having this much work done hopefully my teeth will last!

As the top jaw is being moved down, I will also be having a hip graft where they'll take bone from the inside of the hip bone.
It's taken from the inside so when the bone grows back lumpy it won't show externally, I'll just have a scar.
The bone taken from my hip will be used to fill the gap left when lowering the top jaw.

I'll get surgery my date through the post and they think it should be around mid July.

Nicky then told me I'll need an orthodontics appointment around 3 weeks before my operation so they can take measurements etc.

Scary stuff!