Dear Sir,
In March last year I underwent a bi-maxillary facial osteotemy to correct a cross bite and severe cant on the right of my mouth. The surgery went ok after 3 attempts and my jaw wired for 6 weeks ! and the positon of the teeth and jaws are fairly good. Prior to the surgery my tongue used to drift into the gap on the right handside where the cant occured and therefore my tongue is no longer asymetrical. It is causing me lot of problems in speech as now the gap is no longer their, the tongue has re-formed leaving it feeling like their is a large mass of tongue on one side of my mouth (the right side) and is not shaped at the side (like the left side) as it should be, thus catches between my upper and lower teeth when trying to speak. The problem is most annoying, ruining my confidence, affecting my work etc etc (I could go on......)
The surgeons seem to be reluctant to do anything about it as I have been to many appointments since surgery complaining about the issue.I am hoping they will be able to remove the small amount of flesh from my tongue in order to alleviate the problem, Is this possible??? and where can this be done???