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well i had a stubbing feeling through my skin and year ago the doctor extract that nail and i can sleep and my condition didn't change except that relief, month ago i extract a nail that brushing my nerve and for now the nerve scream as expected and still didn't stabilize or healed (still healing), ...

Tilly wrote: > Wondering if anyone is years out from their original surgery. Had my > surgery with plates when I was 16, am now 49 and having autoimmune issues > and chronic severe sinus infections with moderate to severe headaches. Will > be seeing an oral surgeon this ...

... for my bottom. I can’t believe I let him talk me into touching my top jaw. So his recommendation is doing the VSP (virtual planning) with a custom plate across my top jaw to ensure my midline is aligned. He said the method my original surgeon did which is considered traditional the new OS stopped ...

... to come out for a few more weeks but it had started getting embedded into the roof of my mouth/gum. Gosh it hurt to have it removed! I now have a plate temporarily to hold the gap following SARPE until the new appliance in about 1 months time. Having trouble talking again and just wish the next ...

... phantast, Have just come accros this forum, and reading your added comments just feel like one big recognition of events! I'm not having any chin plates (the one placed there after jaw fracture was removed during my bsso) and the feeling of tightness and a pulling lower lip/chin has been increasing ...

... my orthodontic treatment, the orthodontist asked for X-Ray. I did the X-rays (profile, panoramic dental), and I discovered that, near a titanium plate, something strange was noticeable. I first thought that it was a screw that broke from the plate. It is located exactly where I have the strange ...

Waking up during surgery sounds terrifying. I'm wondering about my upper plates. I had double jaw surgery for sleep apnea. Almost a year post op and one plate feels twice as big as the other. I assume obviously they are the same size.so why would I feel one ...

Hello, I'm new to the forums but I signed up because I wanted to ask you a question. @Arvensis, 1) where you able to get the plates removed after 12 years? and Was it easy for them to remove? 2) Did you get any screws? If you did, did you remove them too? 3) Did your bone fully grow ...

... late to this party, but Tilly's comments sound > exactly like what happened with me. I had upper jaw surgery in 2007 and > just had the bone plates removed last Tuesday (12 years later) because of > ongoing sinus issues related to plates. ENT who did my plate removal says > screws/plates ...

I had mine removed after a year under general anesthesia at a hospital. I was extremely swollen for 3 days but most of the swelling subsided within 2 weeks. I am one month post now and there is stiffness and numbness in my chin and one side of my upper lip. My skin is still improving and “draping”. ...

^ did you have genio as well? I have the same thing pulling and stiffness with movement have you thought about removing the plate?

... negatively impacted my quality of life and I don't think I can adapt to this being my new normal. I guess the next step is removing the chin plate and restitching the area? My chin was actually moved back a couple mm, so I don't think it has to do with the bone physically stretching the chin ...

Tilly and Arvensis, did you have any side effects (additional numbness, nerve damage, damage to teeth or tissues) during the plate/screw removal? Also, was all of your hardware able to be removed? Was it done under local anesthetic or in operating room? If OR, how long was the surgery. ...

... than an after aesthetically. I totally relate on the pushing down and sewn together sensation. It might be nerve damage but I also want to get the plate I'm my chin removed in case. Have you tried botox as well? I have an appointment next week. My bite also feels weird. Its very close to edge to ...

... Kept saying it will resolve and then conveniently dropped me as a patient. He is terrible smh. I talking to another surgeon now to discuss plate removal (have you thought about that?)...he is a lot nicer, more trustworthy and I know people personally who had great results from him...but ...