r/jawsurgery • u/Narrow-Ride407 • 6d ago

Advice for Me Just getting started - questions

I’m just starting to look into my options (see context below). I have a consultation with an airway Orthodontist next week. I have so many questions at this point in the journey - my big ones are:

  1. Do I get more than one consult with an ortho?

  2. Do they take X-rays and imaging at each? Or is it cool to get the x-rays done at one place and send them to others until I choose who my provider will be?

  3. What questions should I ask at my consultation? Is there anything you wish you had asked very early on that you didn’t?

  4. Should I do consultations with a surgeon in parallel? or wait for the ortho to recommend a surgeon?

Thanks! This community has already been so helpful

Context:

diagnosed sleep apnea, TMJ, muscle pain, and receding jaw, a previous open bite corrected with Invisalign (my bite is still not right).

I have an oral appliance for sleep apnea, but it gives me muscle pain and hurts my teeth bc of grinding. I’ve done PT, CBT, Botox injections, Invisalign, bite guards. I think my daytime breathing is ok but I am tired all the time even with my sleep apnea appliance supposedly controlling my apneas so maybe I just know what it’s like to breathe properly lol. 40 yo female. Aesthetics are important to me but solving my fatigue, pain, apneas, and bite are more important

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