After Jaw Surgery – 1 and a half years later!

by Brandon on April 30, 2009 · 56 comments

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1 Kelly Vivian June 27, 2010 at 11:47 pm

Brandon,

Great blog I love it..many dentists have told me I have a bad underbite and need surgery and im scared. We have started the process and am waiting for INVISILIGN models to be made (braces you cant see) and my dentist is a good friend of mine Doctor Clint Herzog..I have a consultation with the oral surgeon he referred us to on wednesday..and idea what to ask?

B. Can you give me a schedule of the day of surgery best you can remember..time, things you had to do…etc

Thanks!

2 Brandon June 28, 2010 at 6:15 pm

Kelly,

Thanks!

Definitely talk to him about getting Invisalign, because for jaw surgery, they need actual metal braces to keep everything in place, so he may recommend those after or in place of Invisalign.

Other than that, the major things to ask are if you’ll need one jaw moved, or both, and approximately how far in mm you’ll need to move everything, just to get an idea of the severity of the case, which can give you a better idea of recovery time, etc.

Just for reference, I had a total move of about 11mm, which is relatively high, but everything still went great, and I couldn’t be happier that I did it.

As you’ll see on the forums ( http://www.jawsurgeryblog.com/forums/ ) many people are terrified before surgery, including myself, then realize it wasn’t really that big of a deal when it’s all over.

I hope that helps, and if you have any other questions, come join us on the forums where there’s tons of different perspectives from other past, present, and future jaw surgery patients too.

Thanks again,
Brandon

3 Harlene Ekiert July 10, 2010 at 7:01 am

Great blog I love it..many dentists have told me I have a bad underbite and need surgery and im scared. We have started the process and am waiting for INVISILIGN models to be made (braces you cant see) and my dentist is a good friend of mine Doctor Clint Herzog..I have a consultation with the oral surgeon he referred us to on wednesday..and idea what to ask?
+1

4 Mikael July 18, 2010 at 2:07 am

Hey Brandon!

Greeting from Singapore! Looking good matey! I am going to under go the surgery this coming tuesday, 20th July 2010! nervous and a bit scared, but happy at the same time. I just wanna get this done as quick as possible. Amazing job with the blogs and video! :)

Best Regrads,

Mikael

5 Brandon July 18, 2010 at 8:31 am

@Harlene: For some reason, your comment landed in the spam folder, so I didn’t see it until now, but I hope your consultation went well.

Let us know what you found out on the forums: http://www.jawsurgeryblog.com/forums/

@Mikael: Thanks, and best of luck with your surgery in two days!

Let us know how it goes on the forums too: http://www.jawsurgeryblog.com/forums/

6 Mikael July 22, 2010 at 9:25 pm

Hey Brandon and fellow jaw surgery patients!

This is my 3rd day post surgery, dislike the numbness on my lower lip and chin and the swelling of course, aside of that, been trying to get used to drinking with syringe (milk, soup, “yuckies” Antibiotics and vitamin C mostly) LOL. not having fun so far, but i know it will worth it in the coming weeks. been trying to walk as much as i can to increase the blood flow to fasten up the healing process (According to my surgeon). while for the mean times I am just trying to move around the house, watching DVDs and TV, listening to music, surfing the internet and playing games. :)

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