Guest guest Posted August 17, 2005 Report Share Posted August 17, 2005 First of all I got a lefort 1 with upper jaw expansion as well. I'm 2.5 weeks post op and banded shut. I was using a water pick on my lower sutures as instructed by my doctor, when low and behold one of the sutures got stuck on my waterpick and got ripped out. The wound is pretty wide open on my lower left jaw. I'm pretty worried at what can be done. I read that it is dangerous to stitch it back up because of infection. Any words of encouragement? Thanks, Brad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 18, 2005 Report Share Posted August 18, 2005 Call your surgeon immediately, regardless of the hour! And give your mouth a good cleaning. That's one of the reasons why most docs recommend no waterpik - many of us use one, but on the lowest power and definitely NEVER pointed at the sutures. I can't imagine why your doc told you to use it. Hope you get things resolved quickly. > First of all I got a lefort 1 with upper jaw expansion as well. I'm > 2.5 weeks post op and banded shut. I was using a water pick on my > lower sutures as instructed by my doctor, when low and behold one of > the sutures got stuck on my waterpick and got ripped out. The wound > is pretty wide open on my lower left jaw. I'm pretty worried at what > can be done. I read that it is dangerous to stitch it back up because > of infection. Any words of encouragement? > > Thanks, > Brad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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