NHS Jaw Surgery

I had double jaw surgery 9 weeks ago and wasn't old anything about a relapse in the healing process I was told the day after surgery it could happen but not as far in as this maybe it's worth you having a word with your surgeon again

Nothing happened a day after surgery, they just leave a gap for it to relapse slightly. I've been to my orthon appointment and he said everything looks okay so far.

I never got that but all surgeons are different

Ah fair enough. How are you finding the numbness?

I have one section of my chin and half my top and bottom lip still numb it's driving me mad haha what about you?

Can anyone help me.
I was told about the surgery when I was about 13 when I had my braces. I'm 23 now and really want to look into having it. It's always been on my mind but iv just brushed it under the carpet.
Who do I go to to look into it further. My dentist or get back in touch with the orthodontist? Really don't know where to start

Hi,

I am 27 and going through the process of jaw surgery. I've had my braces since Oct 11 and still seem a way off surgery as I had 2 teeth out from the bottom and the gaps are still huge! Also when I ask my orthodontist she seems reluctant to say when she thinks I will be ready!

This is the most helpful thing I have come across searching the net! Most of the stuff Ive read are people from US.

I am having top and bottom for open bite, they have to bring my lower forward and my upper back to meet it. I'm really scared off general anaesthetic and my surgeon said the surgery will take 7 hours? Has anyone else had surgery that was that long?

Any replies would be appreciated.

Hi,

I am 27 and going through the process of jaw surgery. I've had my braces since Oct 11 and still seem a way off surgery as I had 2 teeth out from the bottom and the gaps are still huge! Also when I ask my orthodontist she seems reluctant to say when she thinks I will be ready!

This is the most helpful thing I have come across searching the net! Most of the stuff Ive read are people from US.

I am having top and bottom for open bite, they have to bring my lower forward and my upper back to meet it. I'm really scared off general anaesthetic and my surgeon said the surgery will take 7 hours? Has anyone else had surgery that was that long?

Any replies would be appreciated.

Hello all, so I have my surgery date now, came through today, due to have it on the 26th February. I'm currently studying Dental Technology at Manchester Metropolitan Uni and I'm going to have to take several weeks off I assume, but I'm worried about missing lots of work. I have a couple of questions that haven't been asked:

Was anyone's op put back at all? This would really screw up uni because I have to request the time off.
How long would you say I'd be ready to drive back down to Manchester from Newcastle and return to uni?
Also, I'm very small and weigh 7st12, how much weight did you guys lose as a result of not really being able to eat?

Thanks

The best time for students is the long summer break. Post surgery you will be sore and very exhausted both physically and mentally for at least 3 weeks. But you'll be pretty swollen and on a liquid diet for another 5-6 weeks after that. Best to rest as much as you can and don't overdo it.

I had my surgery early September, ideally surgery in August would have been better but that wasn't possible then. I started uni in October so had a month to recover from the surgery, there was no chance of me getting any work done in the first 2 weeks. And I'm glad I had another 2 weeks to get my strength back up. I went back to uni pretty swollen still in October but that went down after 4-6 weeks and my face started to look more normal after that.

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Thank you so much! This has helped a lot - I'm asking for 8 weeks off, and by that time I'll hopefully be well enough to go back fully . I've been ready for surgery since July, so I can't afford any more time being wasted, I'll just have to catch up on everything, it shouldn't be too difficult though. The liquid diet sounds awful that's probably my biggest fear of the whole thing! I'm actually super excited to finally get it done.

The liquid diet is pretty rubbish, but it's so worth it and it's the best feeling once you are slowly able to start eating solid foods again! Soups are obviously one of the first things to try and have again, and I would really recommend getting some 'build up' milkshakes etc because it is difficult to get the right nutrition with a liquid diet, and you want to be as healthy as you can for recovering! As my recovery started to improve I had things like blended chicken and broccoli, which might sounds horrible but being able to actually eat something with taste was lovely! So keep in mind things like blending meals as you start to have thicker foods again. And macaroni was one of the first solid foods I was able to eat, I'd recommend things like that - painfully slowly, one tiny bit of macaroni at a time was all I could open my mouth enough for initially! But it is worth it. Good luck!

Thank you so much! I'm really excited for my operation, since everything done to me for the past 8 years has been building up to it. Baby food and milkshakes it seems to be then! Best get stocked up

Can very much relate to that! I had the same feeling, building up to it for so long... Best feeling for me was when I finally had my braces taken off!