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I Think my Airway Issues Are Caused by Underdeveloped Maxilla. Need MD. Is Plastic Surgery or Oral Surgery? (photo)

I am 36 and have been snoring and sighing in my sleep and wke up with a sort of raw feeling in my upper soft palate and back of throat.I have a protruding chin and deep nasolabial folds so I think its a underdeveloped maxilla. My teeth fit good but I have no upper teeth show even after orthodontics. I dont know what to be asking for or what kind of doc to consult with. Will insurance cover any of it? Should I just be doing sinus surgery? I want to fix my breathing but look better if possible

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2 Doctor Answers | Asked by jpgirl
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Airway Issues

I see many patients who have various congenital differences of the maxilla including those with an underdeveloped maxilla, as well as some who had cleft lip or cleft palate repairs as children. Your underdeveloped maxilla may certainly be contributing to your airway issues, but a careful examination of the nose and your oral cavity may reveal that a minimally invasive nasal surgery could give you a great improvement to your breathing. An expert can help you determine what are the best ways... more
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Underdeveloped Maxilla

To investigate under developed maxill and the bite you need to see a dental surgeon, or a plastic surgepon with training in maxillo-facial surgery. A cephalometrogram will show the exact measurements and diagnosis. If there is no problems with the bones then you may want to consult an ENT surgeon to evaluate your airways and the soft palte and the snoring,
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jpgirl 18 Jul 2012
Thank you Doctor. I did have a consultation years ago regarding a chin reduction and the plasstic surgeon told me that I didnt have a prominent chin but an underdeveloped maxilla that was making it look like that. He suggested fixing that. At the time I didnt have much breathing trouble and was worried that the type of surgery was sort of newer and didnt want to risk it. If I have sinus surgery I will likely do a chin reduction one day anyway because it bothers me still that it sticks out. I just wonder if one operation would take care of both things at once ( oral surgery ) or if I should just do 2 less complicated ones ( sinus surgery and chin reduction )

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