The Natural Bite

Why get jaw surgery?

There are many many different reasons why people are referred to jaw surgery. They can include all sorts of bite deformities (cross bite, open bite, underbite, overbite) as well as sleep apnea. Other jaw bloggers run the gamut, so check out their blogs and cases. In my case, I had an underbite [...]

Wow! I thought I’d be in braces for an eternity before I’d have surgery to correct my ever-worsening bite. It turns out, it’s only been 8 months, and I’m fairly used to it now. Braces are really not so bad… but if I don’t get these stupid chunks off my teeth in the next six [...]

I’ts been 8 days since I wrote the last anti-sugar post, and I’ve been resisting admirably. Every time I want to go to the homemade ice cream place down the hill, I think of my blog post. I consider the hypocrisy. I glance longingly at my ice cream punch card (only 8 more purchases to [...]

I love sweet things. It must have started when my kind-hearted, but misguided, parents started giving me candies to get some peace and quiet from their little outspoken princess. Anyway, it’s biological too, right? Mmm, caloric density…
Sweet things I love: Nutella (bad, bad, bad but sooo good), raspberry jam, creamed honey, CHOCOLATE!, Thai food, honey [...]

I’ve been following a vitamin regimen in preparation for jaw surgery on November 5th (19 days away!). Coworkers probably think I’m chain-popping antacids because of our stressful week, but it’s just not true.
Effective vitamin use for surgery preparation requires lots of high dosage pills, taken at the right times of day. I’ve been taking this [...]

After five phone calls to my insurance company, and at least that many conversations with the hospital, anesthesiologist, and surgeon’s office, I finally have a vague idea how much this is all going to cost me.

Yep, that’s right, it’s only vague. One thing I’ve learned is that many patients won’t know the exact amount until [...]

I’ve done it - I’ve added a Countdown gadget to my iGoogle homepage that’s counting down the days until my maxillary advancement surgery.
Today, my gadget’s telling me I have 43 days left.
I’ve been thinking that it was around five weeks, but this thing keeps me honest!
A conversation with a coworker today, also braced, gave me [...]