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miramangaWhen I tell people I'm having an operation, they quite often ask "Why? Your face looks fine."
Below see two pictures to illustrate the problems with my jaw.
1. Bad teef
None of my teeth in the front meet up properly. You can see that the teeth in my upper jaw (the maxillæ) are pretty symmetrical to my face, but the lower jaw (the mandible) has pushed over to one side. This makes chewing difficult and biting into food with my incisors is pretty much a no-go.
2.Wonky Jaw
You can see the inbalance in my face from this picture. My jaw tries to compensate for my teeth not meeting so my left jaw joint (temporomandibular) is under a lot of extra stress and sometimes aches and pops. This also gives me headaches sometimes.
Hopefully after the treatment (braces and then an operation) my face will regain it's symmetry and I will be able to eat properly again. My worst fear is that I have the operation and then I relapse, which can happen in these cases. I am also not looking forward to wearing braces again (I had them once as a teenager). I'm not scared of the actual operation, as the team who will work with me are very experienced in these operations, I am not looking forward to the recovery! Liquid food for a good few weeks for me!
Below see two pictures to illustrate the problems with my jaw.
1. Bad teef
None of my teeth in the front meet up properly. You can see that the teeth in my upper jaw (the maxillæ) are pretty symmetrical to my face, but the lower jaw (the mandible) has pushed over to one side. This makes chewing difficult and biting into food with my incisors is pretty much a no-go.
2.Wonky Jaw
You can see the inbalance in my face from this picture. My jaw tries to compensate for my teeth not meeting so my left jaw joint (temporomandibular) is under a lot of extra stress and sometimes aches and pops. This also gives me headaches sometimes.
Hopefully after the treatment (braces and then an operation) my face will regain it's symmetry and I will be able to eat properly again. My worst fear is that I have the operation and then I relapse, which can happen in these cases. I am also not looking forward to wearing braces again (I had them once as a teenager). I'm not scared of the actual operation, as the team who will work with me are very experienced in these operations, I am not looking forward to the recovery! Liquid food for a good few weeks for me!
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Date: 2005-10-12 08:47 pm (UTC)Mira, if it wasn't to take away pain and give you the ability to chew properly I'd suggest leaving your mouth alone too, it's uniqueness (let's make up words as I know there can't be differing degrees of being unique) gives it an endearing and attractive quality.