Metal Mouth Message Board

I think your lips not coming together might be from having the splint in, hopefully it all works out. You look very pretty.

Hey Tori I can relate to what you're saying. I was swollen for a lot longer than most people are, but you are only 2 weeks post op, so this is pretty normal. My upper jaw was moved 8mm so it was more drastic. Things will get better just give it more time. It can be hard to go out in public when you'...

Honestly it's pretty weird. I can only feel plates and screws on the right side and they kind of throb occasionally so I'm going to see if I can get them removed eventually, but I doubt my OS will be enthusiastic about it. It is kind of weird, everything with this surgery, so I guess that would be w...

Hey I had upper jaw surgery and initially I was supposed to be wired shut for 2 weeks but I cut off the wires after 10 days because I just couldn't take the garbage taste in my mouth. I went on heavy elastics for a few weeks after but I was allowed to eat soft foods that you didn't really have to ch...

Brendan, I think you have major self esteem issues or something. The "problems" that you seem to be describing are practically non-existant. If I were you I would stop analyzing every little thing you believe to be wrong with your face and start living your life and worrying about things t...

Yeah this was my biggest problem after the surgery. I wasn't completely informed about how different I would look, I just thought I would look a little different. Some people didn't even recognize me. I spent the last semester of grade 12 swollen and kind of depressed about the whole thing. I even h...

has anyone here had them removed? Do they bother anyone as well? I think I want them out eventually cause I can feel them and it's just weird.

Yeah thats exactly the same with me! I'm wondering why it wouldn't be screwed in the same. My main concern is that the screws are lose or something shifted. What did your OS say about it?

I have posted this earlier but I didn't get very many replies so I thought I'd try again. When I touch my face I can feel screws and plates at the bottom of my nose on both sides and these don't bother me. The problem that I have is that when I touch my right cheek I can feel 2 big screws and plates...

Do you know how far forward it was moved?

Yeah that is exactly how I feel, I kind of want them out but I think they would have to cut your gums open again like in jaw surgery to get them out, so it's probably not worth it unless they're infected. I wonder why some stick out more than others though, could they somehow get loose or something?

I was just wondering if anyone else can feel the screws and plates that were put in as part of rigid fixation. I had upper jaw surgery and I noticed that when I touch my right cheek I can distinctly feel 3 screws under my eye socket and when i push on them slightly it kind of hurts. On the left side...

I blew my nose the day after by accident, i just remember a lot of blood.

what can happen if you blow your nose?

I'm more distressed though that you say your TMJ is in worse shape post-op. Have you discussed/did you discuss that with your ortho and OS? I went for a post op check up about 2 months after my surgery with the OS. That was about 2 years ago. Since then, I made an appointment about a month ago to g...