Wired Jaw Pictures

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#1 Post by **AZWILDCATS** » Wed Jul 29, 2009 10:02 am

Not sure if any wanted to know how my jaw is wired. I couldn't find information about it before surgery.

#2 Post by **Tribal** » Wed Jul 29, 2009 10:07 am

Wow... kinda makes me glad that I have braces and will be getting surgical hooks

#3 Post by **AZWILDCATS** » Wed Jul 29, 2009 10:12 am

Yeah, screws hurt... especially when the barometric pressure drops. Owie!

#4 Post by **Esoteric** » Wed Jul 29, 2009 10:31 am

eeshhh, so that's actually rigid fixation with banding then correct? Not actually wiring with braces.

#5 Post by **AZWILDCATS** » Wed Jul 29, 2009 10:35 am

Yep. Hurts like a you-know-what!

I feel so ugly. Normally I'm kinda cute.

#6 Post by **crazybeautiful** » Wed Jul 29, 2009 11:03 am

Not that this is helpful, but that looks rather cool

Not sure I'd want them, though

#7 Post by **AZWILDCATS** » Wed Jul 29, 2009 11:07 am

crazybeautiful wrote:Not that this is helpful, but that looks rather cool

Not sure I'd want them, though

Thanks... I suppose it could be worse, right?

#8 Post by **Esoteric** » Wed Jul 29, 2009 11:12 am

It could always be worse lol. Your teeth are looking nice though, once you get past the screws

#9 Post by PJ » Wed Jul 29, 2009 11:47 am

Oh, that looks soooooo painful! :-O

#10 Post by **Lacrosse Mom** » Wed Jul 29, 2009 4:56 pm

OUCH!! I have braces and have surgical hooks that I attach bands to.

You have really nice, straight teeth.

Did you ever resolve the pain in the gums and teeth? Did the orajel work? I am noticing now that the swelling is going down I am feeling more. (not pain, but a little more discomfort) I think that nerves are starting to wake up.

#11 Post by **eveningninja** » Wed Jul 29, 2009 5:26 pm

Yeah that really does look painful! I didn't know they even did this as I thought braces were pretty much required for surgery; interesting to know.

#12 Post by **HopeforSurgery** » Wed Jul 29, 2009 6:36 pm

Hey,

Congratulations for your surgery! Your teeth look amazing... they are so straight and white! You have lingual brackets?

I have to join crazybeautiful...
it does somewhat look cool, similar to a piercing or something...

but it looks painful...

you need to have the bands for much longer?

Get well, soon

#13 Post by **HopeforSurgery** » Wed Jul 29, 2009 6:37 pm

Hey,

Congratulations for your surgery! Your teeth look amazing... they are so straight and white! You have lingual brackets?

I have to join crazybeautiful...
it does somewhat look cool, similar to a piercing or something...

but it looks painful...

you need to have the bands for much longer?

Get well, soon

#14 Post by **AZWILDCATS** » Thu Jul 30, 2009 7:24 am

I guess I should clarify. My surgery is a little bit different from most of yours. I actually fractured my condyle and fragmented the disk in the joint. So, basically I broke my jaw and dislocated it at the same time. My surgeon and I tried everything we could to avoid surgery. I did physical therapy, botox injections, splinting... nothing worked. So, what I had done was a modified condylotomy. What that means is the surgeon cut my mandible in half on the right side to move my jaw bone down by millimeters to create a gap in the joint so that I am not bone on bone. The rigid fixation is to act like a cast so my cut jaw bone fuses together.

Hope that makes sense.

#15 Post by **AZWILDCATS** » Thu Jul 30, 2009 7:35 am

Lacrosse Mom wrote:OUCH!! I have braces and have surgical hooks that I attach bands to.

You have really nice, straight teeth.

Did you ever resolve the pain in the gums and teeth? Did the orajel work? I am noticing now that the swelling is going down I am feeling more. (not pain, but a little more discomfort) I think that nerves are starting to wake up.

Thanks for the compliment on the teeth. I hate to admit it here, but I have never had braces.

Actually seems the pain in the gums and teeth are predominantly weather related. So I just take two Vicodin (instead of my normal half a Vicodin) and just sleep the storm away. I still have discomfort and pain but it's tolerable. The orajel worked for about 30 minutes. My gums still get swollen. The doctor said that if I am still have pain on Thursday August 6, he will switch my bands for looser ones but he said he won't do it before then because if my bite shifts even a little bit, my jaw will heal incorrectly and my bite will forever be messed up.