kathleen@ihuxw.UUCP (09/10/83)
To all interested persons: A Le Forte I Osteotomy is a type of surgery which involves the cutting of the upper jaw bone to correct an abnormal bite (in my case). It involves a somewhat long time in surgery (3-1/2 to 6-1/2 hours) and then the recovery period of 6 to 8 weeks of being wired shut. The jaw is not broken as some people believe, but actually cut and moved around with spaces that are created during the movement being filled in with osseous bone material (I had my upper jaw moved forward 1/4-inch and the resulting spaces were filled in with bone pieces from my hip. An orthopedist TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSperforms the surgery on the hip to remove the required amount of bone pieces (similar to toothpick-size) at the same time that the oral and maxillofacial surgeon is doing the surgery on the jaw. If anyone has any more questions, please write to me and please send me your return electronic mail address so I may respond. Thanks again for your interest. Katie Romanowski Bell Labs - Naperville, IL.
kathleen@ihuxw.UUCP (K. S. Romanowski) (09/21/83)
Bruce Smith: Please contact me again with your electronic mail address. I have a response to your mail message. Katie Romanowski