Clicking/popping in sinuses after upper jaw surgery

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ZiziOConnor
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Clicking/popping in sinuses after upper jaw surgery

#1 Post by ZiziOConnor »

Anyone else have this happen? I'm 3 weeks post-op and when I push on my upper palate sometimes my sinuses have tiny little clicks or pops. This isn't my TMJ, it's like, up where the cuts were made and it's sort of freaking me out.

I'm seeing my surgeon next week so I'll ask about it then, just wondering if anyone else had it.
Skeletal open bite (long face)
Self-ligating braces installed 3 Nov 2015.
Double jaw surgery 17 Jan 2017.
Upper jaw expanded and moved up and forward 2 mm. Mandible moved forward 6 mm.
https://www.instagram.com/jawsurgery.dani/

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Re: Clicking/popping in sinuses after upper jaw surgery

#2 Post by madblogr »

ZiziOConnor wrote:Anyone else have this happen? I'm 3 weeks post-op and when I push on my upper palate sometimes my sinuses have tiny little clicks or pops. This isn't my TMJ, it's like, up where the cuts were made and it's sort of freaking me out.

I'm seeing my surgeon next week so I'll ask about it then, just wondering if anyone else had it.
I had little clicks/pops but it was much later while I was expanding and it wouldn't happen when I was expanding with the tool but later in the day I'd hear it. I always figured it was just the soft tissue/cartilage being stretched so never asked about it.

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Re: Clicking/popping in sinuses after upper jaw surgery

#3 Post by ZiziOConnor »

Just wanted to follow-up: I'm at week 4 and this has stopped now. Yay!
Skeletal open bite (long face)
Self-ligating braces installed 3 Nov 2015.
Double jaw surgery 17 Jan 2017.
Upper jaw expanded and moved up and forward 2 mm. Mandible moved forward 6 mm.
https://www.instagram.com/jawsurgery.dani/

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