What happens after broken jaw surgery?

Your jaw has a number of nerves surrounding it that may become bruised during the surgery. This may cause some tingling and numbness during recovery, but should subside once fully healed. You will need to stick to a relatively soft diet for the first six weeks following surgery to ensure that your jaw heals properly.

Do they wire your jaw shut when you break?

Will My Jaw Need to be Wired Shut During Recovery? Broken and dislocated jaws are usually bandaged or wired shut during recovery. Dr. Farole may treat your dislocation and minor fracture simply by wrapping a bandage around your head and under your chin to keep you from opening your jaw wide.

What are some of the complications that may arise during mandibular fracture management?

The most common complications include infection, hardware failure, osteomyelitis, nonunion, malunion, and wound dehiscence.

How do they remove wires of a broken jaw?

Pull on the twist with a hemostat or needle driver and pull the wire out. There are generally 2-4 fixation wires per each side that require cutting in order to open the mouth. In some instances, there may be heavy elastics vertically as well, pull and cut those as well.

How do you manage a mandible fracture?

They must be managed carefully to maintain the function of the mandible, reestablish proper occlusion, and minimize secondary complications. Methods: Current methods of management include combinations of soft diet, intermaxillary fixation, open reduction with plate fixation, and, rarely, external fixation.

How do you treat a mandibular fracture?

In general, mandible fractures are treated either closed (maxillomandibular fixation, splinting, modified diet) or open (plates and screws, interosseous wiring, lag screws).

How is broken jaw surgery done?

Your doctor or dentist will first move your jaw back into place. They put their thumbs inside your mouth on your back bottom teeth and hold the bottom of your jaw with their fingers. Then they manipulate your jaw down and backward until it pops into place. You may need pain medicine or sedation for the procedure.