narrow upper jaw?

Question

i read in a newspaper article a few years ago about a
dental procedure where a woman had surgery or somthing to widen her upper jaw .this made her look quite different .
does anybody know what this procedure is called and can it be done on the nhs

Answer 1

My daughter had this surgery. It was called orthognathic surgery. First she had braces to get her teeth perfectly aligned. Then they cut her upper jaw away and actually split it from the inside the skin on the pallet was not cut through. They used titanium pins to hold the bone in place then put it back in using titanium pins to hold the bone in the correct position. She had a splint on her teeth that acted kinda like a cast on a broken bone. After 6 weeks they removed the splint and in 6 months removed her braces. Completely totally amazing the results!!!!!!!! She has a perfect smile and a total different look.

She told me that outside of the first couple of days there was no real discomfort as the jaw goes temporarily numb. By the time the feeling returned she was totally healed. The worse part of the whole thing for her was being unable to blow her nose for 6 weeks. They told her that they cut through her sinuses and that blowing her nose would cause the stuff to go into her face that could cause a major infection. She had to use Q-tips to clean her nose out instead of blowing it. Not pretty but functional.

Answer 2

you may elect an assessment from an orthodontist, however the palate has a tendency to fuse aorund 14-sixteen. counting on the quantity of growth mandatory, it is going to nevertheless be achieveable. each so often if the palate desires a super form of growth, surgical operation would desire to be mandatory to help with the correction. extra 10/2/07 - There are sufferers i've got taken care of leaving their crossbite how this is. In some human beings, the bite can be particularly ideal leaving the crossbite. i did not recommend to characterize which you mandatory surgical operation, in simple terms letting you realize that in case you have an assessment, which would be between the techniques. i could actual communicate all the techniques and risks/barriers alongside with your orthodontist.

Answer 3

It's called a upper palate reversal. You might get it done on the NHS. You usually get this to improve B-jobs

Answer 4

You may be referring to SARPE surgery (Surgically Assisted Rapid Palate Expansion).

Many of our website's readers have had this surgery done, and I'm sure that some of them are in the UK. Please refer to our website and its message board to communicate directly with people who have had this type of surgery.

Our UK readers can tell you whether the NHS usually covers SARPE and other jaw surgeries.

Answer 5

don't think you will get any thing like that done on the NHS not unless it was a medical problem you were having that procedure will be conceded cosmetic and will cost a small fortune