On the other side - is this normal?? Help!
Posted: Tue Jul 06, 2010 1:18 pm
For those of us who have gone on to the other side of surgery.......can you give me your experiences as to how long you were totally wired/banded shut with or without a splint?
Here's my situation - I am 2 weeks post op. I have absolutely no jaw movement at all; it's completely immobile - splint in there with elastic bands and the splint is wired in to my braces. I went for my first appointment today with the OS post surgery. (Wish it was earlier - torture to wait!) He didn't take anything out, and wants everything to remain as it is until 2 weeks from now - 4 weeks post op. At that time, he'll likely take out the splint and I'll be able to move to elastics only, with jaw movement. Before I went in, I was really anticipating even being able to fully brush my teeth, but nope, absolutely nothing was taken out!
Was anyone else kept this rigid and fixated for this length of time? Any insight here is appreciated!! And how horrible is it going to be after 4 weeks having to move my jaws for the first time?!
I'm also feeling the splint start to dig into my lower gums a bit, and it's driving me crazy!!
Here's my situation - I am 2 weeks post op. I have absolutely no jaw movement at all; it's completely immobile - splint in there with elastic bands and the splint is wired in to my braces. I went for my first appointment today with the OS post surgery. (Wish it was earlier - torture to wait!) He didn't take anything out, and wants everything to remain as it is until 2 weeks from now - 4 weeks post op. At that time, he'll likely take out the splint and I'll be able to move to elastics only, with jaw movement. Before I went in, I was really anticipating even being able to fully brush my teeth, but nope, absolutely nothing was taken out!
Was anyone else kept this rigid and fixated for this length of time? Any insight here is appreciated!! And how horrible is it going to be after 4 weeks having to move my jaws for the first time?!
I'm also feeling the splint start to dig into my lower gums a bit, and it's driving me crazy!!