Facial Reconstructive Surgery: Stories
Write a ReviewMy Face and Smile Were Ruined by Surgeons
- Star Free
- posted 5 years ago
- updated 5 years ago
- Not Worth It
- Cost: $10,000
- Memphis, Tennessee
I went to a maxillofacial (jaw) surgeon when I was...
- 25 May 2008
I went to a maxillofacial (jaw) surgeon when I was 36; my lower jaw needed to be advanced, as it was too far back and I could not chew well and was in constant discomfort. The dental surgeon twisted my face and ruined my smile. I have lived in hell ever since.
No other surgeon ever gave me a diagnosis or explained what the first surgeon had done wrong or explained what it would take to truly correct what he had done. Many surgeons operated on me, but no one addressed the main problem, which was that my smile was utterly destroyed. If you e-mail me, I will send you the photographs of what was done to me.
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Accelerated osteogentic orthodontics is a clinically proven adjunctive measure to facilitate -- and accelerate -- repositioning of the teeth. This is not "orthognathic surgery" and has no impact on position or placement of the jaw bones. Star Free's complaint seems to have arisen for a mandibular advancement -- an orthognathic procedure -- and is very different than accelerated osteogenic orthodontics in cost, discomfort, risk, etc. And Star I feel for you -- hopefully you can secure a favorable judgement to remedy any and all damages incurred through any negligence in your care. It is important that clinicians (and patients) be held accountable.