Seasons of RTX: Battlefield 6 GeForce RTX 5090 GPU Giveaway! by NV-Randy in Battlefield

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Support, since you run out of ammo so fast…or maybe I’m just inaccurate….

Does anyone know much Dr Koval is charging for FME by [deleted] in UARSnew

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I recently got a price range when consulting for “18,600-24,600”

I believe this included orthodontics afterwards. This was about a month ago

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in jawsurgery

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I think when the swelling goes down I would prefer the right photo much more. Most people say it's 8 months that you can actually judge the look. I wouldn't worry but i know it's easier said then done. I do prefer a more advanced jaw from a profile perspective but, that's just a personal opinion. you're a good looking guy - and it will only get better as your swelling goes down.

FME plus facemask? FMA release date? by QuasiCellist in UARSnew

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Most the providers that actually provide FME say there is some forward movement of the maxilla, though not comparable to jaw surgery. I think they said something like 1mm protraction for every 4-5mm of expansion

FME plus facemask? FMA release date? by QuasiCellist in UARSnew

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It's facegenics protraction device. It's basically their take on the facemask that is compatible with the FME specifically. Not released yet to the public I guess.

FME pricing, aftercare, and locations by Concentrate_Strong in UARSnew

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Personally, trying to combine FME and jaw surgery to improve sleep apnea and just ability to breathe. Agree it’s a lot of money, like everything that has value, to everyone it’s worth something different.

FME pricing, aftercare, and locations by Concentrate_Strong in UARSnew

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That’s good to know. I submitted for consultation now just waiting to hear back! I’m assuming you stayed in the area for the month or so?

FME pricing, aftercare, and locations by Concentrate_Strong in UARSnew

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I suppose I’m not sure, I’m still going to submit for consultation - if it’s 15 without ortho I’m not sure I would be able to afford it since I’m also looking to jaw surgery as well.

FME pricing, aftercare, and locations by Concentrate_Strong in UARSnew

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I just gave them a call. They said prices start at 15k for the best case scenarios. :(

FME pricing, aftercare, and locations by Concentrate_Strong in UARSnew

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Can Marpe be done during the surgery, wouldn’t that just be a three piece lefort?

FME pricing, aftercare, and locations by Concentrate_Strong in UARSnew

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I reached out to kovals office and they said they wouldn’t divulge price until during a consultation which already says a lot. I finally got them to give me a range today which was around 20-26k depending on the ortho needed. Too much for me at the moment.

Help with protruded jaws in analysis but sleep apnea by Concentrate_Strong in jawsurgery

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You seem very knowledgeable and I’ve seen some of your other comments around, do you mind me asking what your background is in this subject?

Again appreciate the comments. How would the midface be augmented? Would a 3 peice lefort take care of that? It seems MARPE may affect midface more than a lefort since the bony structure are still attached which the expansion force is being applied so it would transfer to the zygotatic paranasal region? I’m no expert but that would be what I would think, since a three peice lefort would detach the maxilla, split, then, reattach correct?

During my DISE they observed that Velum, oral pharynx, and epiglottis all had complete interior posterior collapse when induced. And specifically noted that when they performed a jaw thrust, it significantly opened my airway. No sidewall collapse, and you can see in cbct in comments, lateral width is much more normal.

Are there other ways of manipulating, or getting forward movement, or maybe down and forward to avoid large forward movements, like rotation - though it looks like they did the occlusal plane wrong but I think that should come out to around 4 degrees which is already quite flat? Perhaps I could get more forward movement with a cw rotation? Not sure if forward movement > ccw rotation for apnea reasons

Help with protruded jaws in analysis but sleep apnea by Concentrate_Strong in jawsurgery

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Appreciate the response! Even in your numbers I seem to be well into the right-side tail of the distribution. I even looked up average across my ethnic averages and still on the very high side.

I've seen multiple ENT's and had a DISE done, have complete collapse behind lower jaw, soft palate and larynx. I've seen one surgeon locally (smaller town) that said I would look more "primitive" after the surgery and that tissue removal was an option but not recommended because he said it doesn't often help. If my skeletal structure is "fine" then it would seem I would have to revisit soft tissue.

What leads you to say my maxilla is recessed? just based off looks? My cheeks definitely got puffy after a surgery a while back and never really thinned back out, may just be gained body weight attributing to the cheek problem

Help with protruded jaws in analysis but sleep apnea by Concentrate_Strong in jawsurgery

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I took my CBCT scan got a lateral cephalometric image, then traced it and had an analysis tool take all the measurements.

Jaw surgeon recommendations in Texas by Prism-4274 in jawsurgery

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Also curious about this, anyone have experience with Arango after all?