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Sounds like it went well. I gotta ask though, as the plate completely removed or was it replaced with another? I always thought that plates stay in for life. From what I understand, the plates aren't needed after the jawbone heals. The plates just guide the healing, and keep your jaw working for th...

Hi guys very interesting thread I had jaw surgery 2 weeks ago, and the plate on my left side next to my nose has been giving me a lot of pain. Im wondering if you guys actually ever 'felt' that there was something wrong with your plate, or is it something that the surgeon discovered? matt I had a b...

Your teeth look very, very good. Surgeon did a good job.

Well, yesterday they switched my surgery date to Friday at 3.
So, in around 9 hours I'll be going in for surgery.
Can't drink, eat anything. The average.

I didn't have a sore throat, but I had quite a lot of morphine in my system so I didn't feel much of anything, although my jaw was a bit achy. My lips were definitely beat up and bruised - apparently it was retracted for a very long time, as my surgeon had a bit of difficulty getting my lower jaw t...

No problem It's funny that you should mention that now, because my throat juuuust started to feel a little sore not too long ago... and my lips, numb, kinda sore. My ice packs are like thawing out on me too, and it seems like my face is getting more swollen. I wouldn't mind resting, and i'm probabl...

Hi all! My surgery date is getting close (1 week!) I've never had anesthesia before. Can anyone share what the experience was like going under, coming out, and for the next few days? I hear it takes a while to get it out of your system. Was anyone nauseous?(did I spell that right?) Did anything hel...

Thank you, sorry to hear that its on your sisters birthday too :roll: ive been told tho that at most ill only need to be in hospital one night, so hopefully your not be too bad by the next day. Good luck. Strange. I'm in for a "6" hour maximums stay, I was told. As long as someone's drivi...

Hi and welcome :D im in the same position as you, i only had surgery 9 weeks ago tho and its been apparent since almost day 1 that something had gone wrong with my left side (snap :wink: ) The plate on my left side is infected, and it has to be removed, but cos im so early on in surgical terms, ive...

Hey :D This freaked me out a little too, especially just after surgery. But now i need another operation to remove them, and id rather they stayed where they were! I can feel something on the left side, but on the right cant feel them at all. Some people seem to feel them and some dont i guess :? T...

I searched the forum and did not find anything, I apologize if I am wrong. Anyways, hello. This is my first post. My name is Alex, and I had been wearing braces since December of 2005. I had Jaw surgery on October 31st of 2007. Everything was going smoothly, I thought I had recovered fine, and my br...