Metal Mouth Message Board

Totally agree with Yvonned- definitely a sterile field etc is used... The gums are pulled back to expose the skull during the surgery- without a sterile field the rates of infection would be sky high! Sirwired... You've given (incorrect) medical advice before on this forum- I'd recommend keeping qui...

Don't be scared! I'm 3 months BSSO and also had my upper jaw impacted / rotated. Recovery was (in my experience) completely fine. The swelling was bad and uncomfortable, but I had no pain and within a couple of weeks I was back eating soft foods (slowly!) A couple of months on and I'm so happy with ...

Um... Not quite sirwired. Both oral and nasal intubation use a metal laryngoscope in the mouth to visualise the vocal cords- so risk for dental damage is the same. (Doesn't matter if the tube goes orally or nasally as its soft plastic.)