Braces after surgery
Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2006 1:55 pm
Hi all,
I've had quite a bit of experience with oral surgery, so if any of you guys have questions I'll be more than happy to help.![Very Happy :D](./images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif)
My history:
I have had my wisdom teeth taken out, bone grafting, two dental implants, and am about to have lower jaw surgery to be moved forward. I have also been wearing braces for almost 9 years now..yikes.
It seems like my mouth was pretty screwed up but this is only because I had two molars removed when I was 10 years old only to realize that the doctor was working off of someone else's x-rays!
and of course those ended up being my permanent teeth that were removed.
So because I wasn't able to have my implants until I was 18 my lower jaw deteriorated and then I had the bone grafting (PAINFUL surgery). Also, because I've been in braces for so long to maintain the spacing needed for implants my bite has been going each and every way and has never been stable.
Now I need to have a lower jaw surgery which will probably be in two
months or so. The doctor said I will be able to go home the day of surgery and that I'll have my teeth wired together for 14 days.
My question is how long did you have to wear braces after the surgery? I am so anxious to finally get these things off as I am now 20 years old.
I've had quite a bit of experience with oral surgery, so if any of you guys have questions I'll be more than happy to help.
![Very Happy :D](./images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif)
My history:
I have had my wisdom teeth taken out, bone grafting, two dental implants, and am about to have lower jaw surgery to be moved forward. I have also been wearing braces for almost 9 years now..yikes.
It seems like my mouth was pretty screwed up but this is only because I had two molars removed when I was 10 years old only to realize that the doctor was working off of someone else's x-rays!
![Yikes :yikes:](./images/smilies/yikes.gif)
So because I wasn't able to have my implants until I was 18 my lower jaw deteriorated and then I had the bone grafting (PAINFUL surgery). Also, because I've been in braces for so long to maintain the spacing needed for implants my bite has been going each and every way and has never been stable.
Now I need to have a lower jaw surgery which will probably be in two
months or so. The doctor said I will be able to go home the day of surgery and that I'll have my teeth wired together for 14 days.
![Question :?:](./images/smilies/icon_question.gif)