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Hi guys, I'm 3 months post my double jaw surgery this week and I had a question about sore muscles. Yesterday I could open my mouth wide enough to fit 2 and a half fingers in while today I woke up with a soreness in the muscle on the right hand side of my jaw and now I can barely squeeze 2 fingers i...

Hey there! I'm 7 weeks post op for double jaw surgery to correct an underbite. I've been looking online for a vague timeline of when other people found that their ability to open their mouths went back to normal but I can't find anything! Right now I can only open to just wider than the width of my ...

Hi there! I had double jaw surgery a week ago to correct an underbite. Recovery has been going well apart from this one thing - the pain I get at night, specifically when I sleep. I don't really get any pain during the day at this point, it only creeps up as I'm getting ready for bed but it's easily...

[quote="jaime"]They started occurring for me maybe a few days after surgery and they lasted a few months in decreasing frequency. I'd say at most it was like twice a day, then it was every few days, then maybe once a week, then even less often than that. Unlike Nozzelnut, mine were a littl...

[quote="Nozzelnut"]They were pretty random for me. Most were gone by week 3. Not that painful at all.

On the scale of things to worry about they were low on my list. You'll be too busy trying to stay hydrated and "eating" something.[/quote]

Thank you! This is reassuring.

Hi there! I am due to have double jaw surgery to correct my underbite in about 4-6 weeks. While reading up on what to expect, I read about jaw spasms in recovery and it really freaked me out! I was just wondering if anyone who has been through the surgery and gotten them could tell me what they were...