Degenerative Arthritis And Facial Deformity Posted: 11-11-07 09:37am
Can degenerative arthritis of the jaw
(supposedly I have no discs left) cause
deformity of the face? I am seeing a
plastic surgeon in a couple of weeks and
an oral surgeon in January. I know my jaw
is moving back because my chin is looking
pretty weird. Is there anything that can
be done for this? Has anyone else had
this problem? Thank you.
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Tmddyan
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Posted: 11-11-07 15:44pm
it could i suppose because of the fact
that th jaw is sliding bone on bone. what
id be more worried about is ankylosis--the
bones fusing together. the surgeons will
know what to do and beleive me there is
something they can do for you.
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Becky50
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Posted: 11-11-07 17:03pm
Thank you once again. I had never heard
of this ankylosis. The oral surgeon who
gave me the diagnosis was not a nice
person. He never said anything except
nothing could be done. I have an
appointment in January with another one.
You have to wait a long time to get in as
you probably well know. You continue to
give me hope. Thanks again.
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mgflick
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Posted: 11-12-07 20:16pm
Becky,
Don't feel like your on lonely street.
Many of these so called professionals are
very rude. Do you happen to live in
Kalamazoo?
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Tmddyan
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Posted: 11-13-07 14:33pm
dont ever let anyone tell you that nothing
can be done. there is always hope. you
know how many doctors told me nothing
could be done. well i proved them wrong.
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rosy22
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Posted: 02-19-08 19:05pm
Are you familiar with condylar resorption?
It can be related to arthritis of the TMJ
and can cause retrusion of your chin. My
daughter was given this diagnosis
recently.
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Becky50
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Posted: 02-21-08 08:04am
No, I have not heard of this, but I am
certainly going to investigate it. The
doctors think I am crazy, but after all
this problem with my jaw, my lower skin
has started sagging to the point where the
plastic surgeons are recommending a
minilift. My dentist tried to give me the
lecture about everyones skin starts
sagging when they are a certain age. I
tried to tell him my chin was losing
tissue and sagging because of all this
other stuff going on. Thank you again for
this information. This is so important
because having plastic surgery for sagging
skin will do no good unless the root of
the problem is addressed.
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Tmddyan
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Posted: 02-21-08 13:41pm
well becky how are you holding up? i hope
things are getting better for you?
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edgaras
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Posted: 03-04-08 00:48am
Becky50
wrote:
Thank you once again. I had
never heard of this ankylosis. The oral
surgeon who gave me the diagnosis was not
a nice person. He never said anything
except nothing could be done. I have an
appointment in January with another one.
You have to wait a long time to get in as
you probably well know. You continue to
give me hope. Thanks
again.
Join the group, the last OS I've seen
complained about my behavior while it was
him from the first minute very angry and
upset. I wonder if it's time to start
filling complaints for unprofessional, or
discriminatory treatment/demeanor. I
wonder if it is possible to tell the
doctor that you are here for answers, and
you are not there for doctor to went off
on you if she is having a trouble he
should get that resolved first before
coming to see patients.
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Tmddyan
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Posted: 03-04-08 13:55pm
agreed i had the same problem im sure
that there is a way to complain. just
how--id like to sue one of my former docs.
was very demeaning etc
