Pre-Operative Appointment

Yesterday, I had my official pre-operative appointment with my surgeon. They took new x-rays and my surgeon took lots of measurements and notes. I also gave the surgeon my models, which he will use to perform a mock surgery on my jaws prior to real thing. Here are some more fun facts:

• I have lip incompetence, which means my lips don't close at rest. It takes some effort to pull my lower lip up to my upper lip.
• My jaws are crooked. My top jaw is higher on the right side than the left.
• Because my top jaw is crooked, so is my bottom jaw. Because my bottom jaw is crooked, it pops on the right side.
• My nose curves slightly to the right.
• My right cheek is slightly weaker than my left.
• My face is slightly concave because my top jaw grew long instead of outward. 
• My face is disproportional:
• Ideally your face has three equal sections: Forehead=nose=lower face.
• My forehead and nose are just about equal, but my lower face is about 2cm longer.

Now....drum roll please...here is my official diagnosis:

• Maxillary Hyperplasia
• Maxillary Asymmetry
• Angle's Class III (not really sure what this is)
• Mandibular Hypoplasia
• Macrogenia
• Other Jaw Asymmetry
• Dentofacial func. abnorm;unspec.

And my surgical procedures:

• Maxillary LeFort I Osteotomy with graft
• Mandibular Bilateral Sagittal Split Osteotomy
• Mandibular Anterior Sliding Osteotomy
• Two Oral Surgical Splints