Braces for Faces - Going for Surgery

Yin started braces with us on 18 July 2008. He had a jaw problem underlying what appeared to be crooked teeth. He agreed to a treatment plan which involved a surgical resizing of his jaw together with his orthodontic treatment.

Both he and his mum have been badgering us to get him to surgery before he started his first year university education in early August. The problem with this approach is that some times, the teeth are not in their correct position with each jaw yet. This can complicate the surgery as the surgeons would have a tough time trying to piece together the disarticulated jaws.

Anyway, at their insistence, we placed the surgical hooks today and referred him to the oral and maxillofacial surgeon to assess whether they were comfortable to proceed with the orthognathic (jaw) surgery.