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  • Started 1 year ago by norenberg
  • Latest reply from fauziozi
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  1. norenberg
    Member

    Hi there!
    Excuse my non native English.

    So, I've been threatening my orthodontic problems for the last 10 years. I should have done orthognatic jaw surgery (upper and lower) at least 4 years ago.
    I couldn't do due to financial and some other issues.
    I have some questions:
    1. Wisdom teeth: one of the drawbacks why I couldnt get ready to surgery was because the doctors said I have to remove all wisdom teeth 6 months before the surgery, because there's a "bone" that needs to develop again after I removed. It never made any sense to me and I'm thinking now in asking to some other doctors if it's really necessary. I'd prefer it to happen during the surgery. Any thoughts?

    2. How long to get ready to work and have your life again after surgery? For me, if I don't work, means no money (for now).

    Cheers, thanks for any help

    Posted 1 year ago #

  2. Nili
    Member

    Hi,

    I think your surgeon is right about the wisdom teeth. The first thing my surgeon did to me before planning my surgery was to get some x-rays in order to check if I still had my wisdom teeth. He warned me that if I had them, I would need to wait 6 months after they were removed before I had surgery. He also spoke about the bone having to recover.

    Regarding the time before going to work, it depends on the surgery you are having. I had upper and lower, and I would say wait 3-4 weeks before working. "Having your life back", I would say, is longer. I am almost 3 months post-op and I still can't eat properly. I still can't open my mouth more than 2 fingers and, sometimes, when I speak or eat, the muscles of my jam hurts. But other than that, I am almost "normal".

    Posted 1 year ago #

  3. Brandon
    Site Administrator

    I agree with Nili.

    My surgeon said and did the same thing, taking my wisdom teeth out first.

    Your second question also depends on what kind of work you do. If it's hard manual labor, then up to 2 months may be necessary, but if it's non-physical, you should be fine in about 2-4 weeks to return to work.

    I'm Brandon, the creator of JawSurgeryBlog.com. I personally had upper and lower jaw surgery on October 30, 2007. Thankfully, everything went beautifully, so I'm trying to make sure everyone else's surgery goes smoothly as well!

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    Posted 1 year ago #

  4. Angie
    Member

    I agree as well. I was told the same thing that I needed to remove my wisdom teeth before beginning the process. Its actually a nice little trial run to have before hand anyways :-)

    I returned to work 4 weeks after surgery but only worked 4 hour days for 2 weeks. I manage a health club and do personal training. As far as the managing I just sit in an office so it was easy to come back to that. My surgeon didn't allow me to begin personal training until the 8 week mark. I feel I was ready at that time but it definitely took a little bit to get myself back in good enough shape to demonstrate exercises and begin leading classes again. Not due to the jaw, but more so just because I'd lost a lot of muscle and stamina from sitting around for 2 months :-)

    Hope that helps, good luck!

    Posted 1 year ago #

  5. norenberg
    Member

    Thank you for your answers.
    This forum is so useful.

    I'm a bit of sad on how the time passed and I couldn't sort my problem yet.
    I started orthodontic treatment exactly 10 years ago when I was 15.
    Today I'm 25 and still far away from the surgery.

    Well let's hope I can do before 30.

    Cheers

    Posted 1 year ago #

  6. fauziozi
    Member

    Somehow in my case I have different experience. I have my wisdom teeth pulled out together with the surgery. If I were you, I'd probably shop around and ask other surgeon's opinion. The convenience of having the wisdom teeth and the jaw surgery done is pretty nice; and my recovery has been similar to other people in the forum, hence I don't think having the wisdom teeth taken care of together with the jaw has any major significant affect.

    If your work requires a lot of talking; just FYI after my surgery I have a splint on the roof of my mouth. It affects my speech greatly, and I was told the splint will be there for at least 6 weeks.

    Surgery date 15/07/2010 on both jaws
    Posted 1 year ago #

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