Metal Mouth Message Board

I watched a few videos on YouTube about people's LeFort "journey". It seemed most--if not all--of their swelling was gone in a month or less. I wonder if it's because they had a LeFort without the maxillary expansion. I was totally not prepared for the length of time I'm seeing with this s...

Thanks for the replies! I have been drinking lots of fluids, doing my mouth exercises as well as other physical activity (walking, etc.). I stopped elevating my head significantly--basically sleeping in a sitting position--after 1.5 weeks (although I sleep on a fairly thick pillow). I was also instr...

Hi, all! I wish I had found this board months ago when I was preparing for surgery. I had a LeFort 1 Osteotomy 3 weeks ago to correct an underbite, along with crossbite correction (where they cut my upper jaw into three pieces and put it all back together with 4 plates and 16 screws...not sure what ...