Hey, my name is Jae and I just recently had upper and lower jaw surgery done on Dec.1 to correct and underbite/ openbite. I believe they also worked on the chin to match the new placement of the jaw. I got braces around the end of February 2009, so my surgery came and went a lot quicker than the the anticipated time of up to 1 and half years of presurgical braces. When I woke up from surgery, I had the strangest feeling that my bite had not been corrected because it just didn't feel right. After speaking to the nurse and my parents, I was informed everything had gone well, but I couldn't shake off the feeling that something was off. I was later informed by the surgeon that my bite wasn't lining up correctly with the splint. They resolved the matter by aligning the bit to the split with the elastic bands, which really surprised me because I thought that was something done prior to making it out to the recovery room. Once again thought, the doctors told me everything seemed fine and well, so I am looking forward to my first post op meeting next Monday. Everything else seemed pretty consistent with what I had expected. The most difficult problem I had was the excessive nose bleeds (which I made worst by picking at the dry clusters to clear up some airway without waiting for medicine) and the large area of numbness, especially on the lower areas around the lip and chin.
Well that's all for now, I'll update along the way. If anybody had a similar problem with the splint post surgery and if you can let me know how it turned out, I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks.
