Re: post op bite question...please help

[Guest guest]

This has happened with more than one person. For most, indeed, the

elastics have done the trick, but there are a few folks who had to

have the surgery redone.

If it is done again, it is usually much easier than the first time

around.

Here's hoping for your elastics!

Best,

Cammie

>

> Hi, my name is Tanner and I recently received a lower orthognathic

> surgery which moved my jaw 5mm to the left. I was wired shut for a

> week afterwards. I am now in a splint. After eating my second meal

my

> teeth no longer are going into the splint and look almost like they

> did before the surgery. What is going on? Why do they not go back

> into the splint properly. My doc says not to be worried and that

the

> elastics will further align everything as it should be. Help is

much

> appreciated. Thanx:)

[Guest guest]

Hi there,

thanks for the reply. Hmmm yea hopefully i wont have to do

surgery again, but if need be is it something that they do right away

or after bones have healed? Are you going through the surgery as

well? Well any more info and help is appreciated. Thanx again:)

tanner

> >

> > Hi, my name is Tanner and I recently received a lower

orthognathic

> > surgery which moved my jaw 5mm to the left. I was wired shut for

a

> > week afterwards. I am now in a splint. After eating my second

meal

> my

> > teeth no longer are going into the splint and look almost like

they

> > did before the surgery. What is going on? Why do they not go back

> > into the splint properly. My doc says not to be worried and that

> the

> > elastics will further align everything as it should be. Help is

> much

> > appreciated. Thanx:)

[Guest guest]

Most who've had a second go-round for a misplaced midline, I think,

have had it before the bones healed. But not everybody. And many have

used the elastics and found that they fixed the problem.

I would suggest that you be vocal about your concerns with both your

ortho and your surgeon. The worst thing that can happen is that they

think you're a worry wart! ;~> (Of course I wouldn't be accusatory,

or anything like that. But I would tell them I was worried. And then

I would trust the answers they gave me.)

I had lower jaw advancement by 5 mm, plus 3 mm movement to the right,

back in June 2002.

C.

>

> Hi there,

>

> thanks for the reply. Hmmm yea hopefully i wont have to do

> surgery again, but if need be is it something that they do right

away

> or after bones have healed? Are you going through the surgery as

> well? Well any more info and help is appreciated. Thanx again:)

>

> tanner

>

[Guest guest]

Hi again..thanx for all the help!

well i went back to my doctor today and they put my teeth back into

the wires. My teeth fit into the splint not quite as well as they did

right after the surgery but they do look much more aligned than the

first time i had the wires taken off. They explained that i must have

eaten something to tough (which i think i might have done as well)

and that put pressure on my jaw to move. This sounded possible as my

bite was correct before i ate dinner this one night. They also belive

that my jaw is more fragile than most because it was rotated 5mm and

not forward or back at all. apparently this is harder to heal. let me

know what you think. again, thanx for the help:)

tanner

> >

> > Hi there,

> >

> > thanks for the reply. Hmmm yea hopefully i wont have to do

> > surgery again, but if need be is it something that they do right

> away

> > or after bones have healed? Are you going through the surgery as

> > well? Well any more info and help is appreciated. Thanx again:)

> >

> > tanner

> >

[Guest guest]

Well, I don't know much about this. But I believe that your doc does.

It must be a mixed feeling to be wired again... Glad to get things

going in the right direction, but obnoxious to put up with. Oh well.

Better that than another surgery, or mismatched jaws, don't you think?

Just shows again that when the docs tell us not to chew, they know

what they're saying... Sorry for the setback, though.

Cammie

> > >

> > > Hi there,

> > >

> > > thanks for the reply. Hmmm yea hopefully i wont have to do

> > > surgery again, but if need be is it something that they do

right

> > away

> > > or after bones have healed? Are you going through the surgery

as

> > > well? Well any more info and help is appreciated. Thanx again:)

> > >

> > > tanner

> > >