Thread: Jaw Surgery

Originally Posted by SG16

Hi. I am having jaw surgery in 3 weeks and I was wondering if you could tell me what to expect for recovery. I am having my lower jaw moved forward and my upper jaw broken and realigned to fix my huge open bite and over bite. What was your diet like? How much weight did you lose?

Hi! I am not the OP but I did have jaw surgery 2 and a half years ago. Luckily just on my lower jaw. First off Good luck!

I am assuming the diet would be the same as mine was, maybe the schedule would progress a little slower cause you are having both done? The first week was liquids/puddings only. Then the next week was like scrambled eggs I believe and lastly was really soft. Sorry I cant remember the diet exactly.

I lost maybe 5-10lbs but it was hard to tell cause I gained it right back. Even though I wasn't eating a lot I felt it wasn't healthy, ice cream, puddings, potatoes...it was like no veggies or fruit. I def. wouldnt count on losing weight from it cause when you go back to normal it may come back quickly and I would just focus on making sure you are eating what you can, even if it is unhealthy. Cause you are gonna want food in your stomach with the pain meds.

If you wanna know anything else just ask me or pm me

Hello,

I had jaw surgery over 15 years ago and for the most part I have been very happy with the results. I had both upper and lower jaw surgery done at the same time to correct an overbite. The surgery was a success, however lately I have been experiencing some tender spots along my jaw line where the screws and plates were put into place. Has anyone else experienced this? Sometimes I feel like one of the screws might be 'popping out', which sounds crazy.

Has anyone else experienced similar tenderness?

Im ongoing preparation for this surgery and absolutely cant wait ... people think im mad and i know ill think the same when it comes to coming round afterwards.
i had braces on the top jaw about 3 years ago and chickened out of surgery and now im older i decided to have it and they said it was a perfect time for me
i had my bottom brace on in september last year and top brace on may this year as that didnt need much pre work done to it. i have a really bad underbite so they are bringing my top jaw forward and pushing my bottom jaw back.
i am also having a cleft pallet repair as they didnt do a very good job of it the first time and still have problems with liquids so they said that they will do them both at the same time, im hoping to have surgery sometime next year, around christmas time im guessing...
one thing i was wondering is do they have to take your wisdom teeth out pre op?

i do have a lot more questions to ask but im generally quite excited about the whole thing, think im the only one