How wide can you open your mouth post op?

[Guest guest]

I'm curious if anybody can open their mouth mouth as wide as they

could before surgery. I don't know how wide I could open my mouth pre-

surgery, but I know it's been 13 days since my surgery and I can fit 2

fingers in my mouth, a little more than an inch.

So how many days/weeks/months are you post op, and how wide can you

open your mouth

[Guest guest]

I can now but it took a good two months to get to that point (I am 5

months post op now). I recall worrying about this a few weeks after

surgery and was even told by my OS that if it did not improve he

would put me out to open it for me. I guess that was just the

incentive I needed because shortly afterward it improved. You really

should consult with your OS though to make sure you don't overdo

anything though.

I would say that everything pretty much returned to normal about 2

1/2 months post op except for the numbness. I still don't feel a

whole lot of anything in the roof of my mouth.

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> I'm curious if anybody can open their mouth mouth as wide as they

> could before surgery. I don't know how wide I could open my mouth

pre-

> surgery, but I know it's been 13 days since my surgery and I can

fit 2

> fingers in my mouth, a little more than an inch.

>

> So how many days/weeks/months are you post op, and how wide can you

> open your mouth

[Guest guest]

I am 9 weeks post op and I can fit one finger in my mouth I am opening

very gradual. I can eat a little but am not chewing much.

Jane

>

> I'm curious if anybody can open their mouth mouth as wide as they

> could before surgery. I don't know how wide I could open my mouth

pre-

> surgery, but I know it's been 13 days since my surgery and I can fit

2

> fingers in my mouth, a little more than an inch.

>

> So how many days/weeks/months are you post op, and how wide can you

> open your mouth