50 Screws, 4 Metal Plates To Fix Woman's Protrude Jaw

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A woman with a severe jaw dislocation has undergone surgery after she was being bullied for her overbite. Surgeons struggled for seven hours to correct her jaw.

According to Daily Mail, Rebecca Kiernan was teased by children at school who named her big-teeth and was also being mocked for her speech problem. Kiernan's protruding jaw is so severe that she cannot even yawn without dislocating it. "Every time that I yawned too widely, my jaw would pop out to its place, it was really painful and I have to put my hand into my mouth to pop it back into place", Rebecca Kiernan said.

When she was 13, Kiernan started to get bullied in school, with people shouting her names when she passes by them. Even her close friends made her feel bad for herself and dragged her self-esteem to the low level, saying that it would be better if she had her teeth straighten.

Kiernan's condition made her more anxious in meeting and talking to new people and even left her fearing that she would spend her entire life single. Also in times, it is so difficult for her when she attempts to close her mouth.

But in November 2015, Rebecca Kiernan has undergone surgery that lasted for seven hours. Surgeons managed to correct the problem by implanting four metal plates and fifty screws into her face as they aligned the 11mm gap of her jaw. With only liquids for 12 weeks, Rebecca Kiernan endured the process of change and recovery.

"I just wanted to look normal because I always felt different." Kiernan,23, said. "I always worried about my teeth sticking out. I used to get bad anxiety when I met new people and I would try to cover up. And when I try to chew, I was doing it wrong and suffered a chronic jaw pain", Rebecca Kiernan also added.

Medscape explains, that the dislocation of the temporomandibular joint or jaw is a painful condition that occurs when the mandibular condyle becomes fixed and stuck. Dislocation of the jaw occurs due to trauma or excessive opening of the mandible such as yawning or in dental procedures. Patients who experience this is kind of condition are more prone to recurrence.

Now, Rebecca Kiernan expresses her great thanks for the procedure that she had. She has much more confidence now more than ever. She used to hate people taking pictures, but now, she feels good. And with her new face, she is thinking to apply for another passport after being questioned at the airport coming home from a holiday.