Broken jaw recovery guide
If you’ve recently broken your jaw, you probably don’t need to be told that you need to seek professional medical help. Of course, you should listen to your doctors, but there are some things that might be useful which they won’t tell you. This guide aims to convey some of those things. It is by no means complete, so feel free to leave suggestions in the comments. Since my fracture was a condylar fracture that was treated by closed methods (maxillomandibular fixation, also known as wiring the jaw shut), this guide is likely to be most useful to people with similar injury and treatment, but some suggestions may be more generally applicable.
For now, I’m planning to organize the content into the following four pages (which are not all complete):
Hi
I had a surgery Last year on my maxilla and mandible.
I was so good after that
But one day around 3 months ago I ate a hard indian corn and after that I have some problems
Front of my upper jaw moves up and down around 3 mm and I think it got loose and I sense cool on that some times
My doctor told me if you eat liquids for 1 month (like after surgery) it will be recovered. but it doesn’t
Please help me how I can recover that again?
Do I need to surgery again?
I am worry so much
Please inform me about that
Niloofar from Iran
Jan.2010
Hi Niloofar,
Unfortunately, I’m not qualified to answer your questions. I recommend asking a doctor. I hope you receive good news.
Best wishes,
Adam
Hi Adam ‘ I broke my jaw on the 4th and because I live in the channel island of guernsey I was flown to Southampton hospital . I have a # left symphysis with bone plates and screws and a right condyle break. I had the op for the plate on the 7th and my mouth wired shut. 7 days later a Southampton doctor was over in guernsey and he saw me for a review, at the review he removed the to front bands so that I could get a straw in, I still have 2 bands each side of my mouth but feel since he took the front bands of my face looks more twisted. I don’t see anyone again I go back to Southampton, do you think this is ok?
Hi Tanya,
I’m sorry to hear about your injury. Unfortunately, I am not an expert on oral surgery. The only knowledge I have is from my own experiences as a patient, and I’m not qualified to comment on your situation.
Could you (or, if you can’t talk, somebody you know) call a doctor and ask? Is there any way you might be able to send digital photographs to your doctor?
Best wishes,
Adam