A reconstructive surgeon can correct jaw conditions and injuries through corrective surgical techniques including: Osteotomy: a procedure involving cutting the jawbone and repositioning

Dissection was made down to the region of the fracture. The fracture segments were stabilized and occlusion was checked. This was then fixed with two four-holed L-shaped titanium plates and screws. Attention was next turned to the left side where two four-holed straight titanium plates were used to stabilize the fracture.

Whether removing the hardware will make your face thinner is matter of how big the plates are and the bone coverage that they have. But up to 5mms of thickness can be reduced from

There is a nerve that runs through the centre of the lower jaw that supplies feeling to your lower lip, chin and bottom teeth. This nerve may have been bruised at the time of the fracture and as a result you might already feel some tingling or numbness in your lip and / or chin. This tingling may also be caused or made worse by surgery.

Purpose: We assessed the incidence of fractured plates after primary temporary AO plate reconstruction of the mandible following tumor resection.

POST-OPERATIVE INSTRUCTIONS: YOUR DIET: You will be restricted to a soft diet for 6 weeks after the surgery to allow the jaw to heal properly. Below is a guide as to your progress with your diet: Day 1: Clear liquids only. Day 2 to 3: Progress to full liquids (shakes, soups, yoghurt) and then progressing to a pureed diet as tolerated.

Whether removing the hardware will make your face thinner is matter of how big the plates are and the bone coverage that they have. But up to 5mms of thickness can be reduced from where the hardware once was. This can help reduce some width along the jawline in that area. Dr. Barry Eppley. Indianapolis, Indiana.

Surgical plates, screws, wires and rubber bands may be used to hold your jaws in their new positions. Incisions are usually made inside the mouth to reduce 

Advancing too quickly to hard foods can cause the plates and screws to break or bend and the jaw to re-break, requiring further surgery.

jaw bone replacement surgery. I had tonsil cancer in February of 2002 and as a result doctors removed my tonsils. Then, although my cancer was, as the doctors put it 99% gone, was advised to have chemo and radiation as a precaution. The radiation, a six week, daily treatment has damaged my jaw bone resulting in excessive bone loss and removal

A 50-year-old woman came to our hospital seeking to reconstruct her lower jaw in the middle portion and also she wanted a fixed replacement of missing teeth