Is jaw surgery painful? Pain, swelling, and recovery

Is jaw surgery painful? During the surgery: no pain (general anesthesia) First days: mild to moderate discomfort Main symptom: facial swelling Pain control: medication and postoperative care Initial recovery: 2–3 weeks Jaw surgery is usually not painful.  There's a widespread misconception that, during jaw surgery, the maxillofacial surgeon will “break your jaw”. This misconception makes...

Today we want to share with you some reasons to undergo orthognathic surgery that our patients have shared with us over the years: Chewing Generally, orthognathic patients have occlusion problems, since their jaws do not develop correctly, and many of them (especially those who suffer from open bite) end up being able to chew only...

The Surgery First technique, which has revolutionized the panorama of the maxillofacial sector, consists in changing the classic sequence of treatment in orthognathic surgery (braces-orthognathic surgery-braces), and replacing it with orthognathic surgery- braces, that is, first, the bony bases are repositioned through surgery and then dental malposition is corrected, resulting in three great advantages: The...

It is difficult to measure beauty because of its great variability. However, there are some elements -subjectives-, which must be present for the face to be perceived as beautiful or harmonious: symmetry, vertical excess of the lower third of the face, anterior divergence, convexity, and soft tissue tension. Let's see each one of them: Symmetry...