How to deal with different recommendations from doctors
24M - It’s been a few years since I started the journey of better understanding my issues with sleep, bite, posture, aesthetics.
All the doctors I’ve seen have recommended DJS, though expansion providers recommend doing expansion prior to the surgery while some surgeons recommend going straight for a 3 piece. I think for possible breathing benefit I will likely expand first, but even after making that decision it’s hard to decide the best expansion approach.
Dr. Li recommends EASE with FME , but Dr. Stacey Quo recommends doing a custom MARPE. Each of them have their own valid reasons. I feel like there’s a lot of positive speak about FME online, but also custom MARPE’s truly are custom and Dr. Quo is an experienced provider who has confidence in what she is able to do with the device and my ability to split.
At some point it feels like you just have to go with a provider and trust them bc there’s no way of getting to their level of knowledge on the topic, especially since there aren’t great data that clearly says one approach is better than another?