The Natural Bite

I took these pictures while I was riding the Caltrain using the Photobooth application on my Mac a few weeks ago. It’s been almost 9 months since my upper jaw advancement surgery, and I think I look a lot more like I used to look - except that I have perfect teeth and no puffy [...]

I receive a lot of comments from readers who give me far too much credit. Am I magical? Is my surgeon a miracle-worker?
Why was my swelling so minimal, and why was my recovery so neat and simple (as opposed to grotesquely bloody and torturous…)?
The answer is far simpler, and less glamorous, than you think.
I’ll even [...]

Lots of you readers who have jaw surgeries coming up like to ask me, “So, what was the hardest part of all? The surgery was really terrible, right?”
My answer? THE BRACES.
You’re largely not present for the surgery (ok, your body - and jaw - are there, but the part of you that feels pain, fear, [...]

I’ll cut the small talk, and get straight to the pictures.
Remember this photo? The one on the left was taken about two months before my upper jaw surgery, and the one on the right was taken eight days after my surgery.

Now, three months after upper jaw surgery, with almost no visible swelling left, here I [...]

Having upper jaw surgery? Be prepared to be snottier than a cold-ridden 6-year old. What can you do about it? Read on…

Submitted on 2009/01/31 at 5:32pm
Hey..i just had upper jaw surgery monday the 26th this is the 3rd attempt to close my open bite..and i was wonderin wht can i do to get tht swelling [...]

So, I think that today might be my peak in swelling. At least, I’m hoping so. I saw my surgeon today for a post-op follow-up and, instead of telling me how awesome I am and that I’m breaking recovery records, he made a joke about how I look like Richard Nixon.
Yikes! Richard Nixon was a [...]