how long does it take for your jaw to heal after surgery?
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Initial jaw healing typically takes about six weeks after surgery, but complete healing can take up to 12 weeks. After initial jaw healing — at about six weeks — your orthodontist finishes aligning your teeth with braces. The entire orthodontic process, including surgery and braces, may take several years.
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It takes at least 3 to 4 months after surgery for bones to heal well, and healing may continue for at least a year. If you had spinal fusion, you will probably be off work for 4 to 6 weeks if you are young and healthy and your job is not very strenuous.
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Usually, you will be able to return to your normal activities within three to six months. Neck fusion surgery recovery varies depending on how quickly the bone graft is able to fuse.
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Most patients experience a full recovery from numbness in a day or two following surgery. Nerve damage takes longer to resolve—six months to one year after surgery is typically when recovery is considered complete and nerve damage has improved as much as is expected.
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Some people see jaw surgery as a great opportunity to lose weight and some people fear they will lose too much weight. The average weight loss after jaw surgery is 10 pounds.
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How long it takes for recovery depends on the extent of the surgery. Recovery may take a few days. It may take up to 3 to 5 days to feel completely back to normal. Patients should refrain from activities that increase heart rate or blood pressure such as running, exercising, weight lifting, or other similar activities.
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Sue recommends that you wait at least 24 hours after wisdom teeth removal to allow full recovery before you do any type of exercise. The gum area and sockets where the teeth were extracted may bleed for many hours after a surgery, and it is important to allow full recovery.
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How long is my jaw wired shut for? Your jaw may be wired shut for six weeks following jaw surgery, so your jaw bones can heal.
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If the surgeon divided your breastbone during your surgery, it will be about 80 percent healed after six to eight weeks. By that time, you generally are strong enough to get back to normal activities such as driving. You probably also can return to work, unless your job is physically strenuous.
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After the surgery, you might spend three to seven days in hospital. During this period, you will recover after the operation with expert supervision by our maxillofacial team.
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If you have one simple upper wisdom tooth removed, you should be back to normal the next day. If, on the other hand, all four of your wisdom teeth are impacted and need to extracted in hospital, your recovery time can be up to a week.
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Stiffness (Trismus) of the jaw muscles may cause difficulty in opening your mouth for a few days following surgery. This is normal post-operative event which will resolve in time. Retainers may be worn after surgery when it is comfortable for you. We recommend leaving them out at least the first few days after surgery.
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In most patients, it takes roughly 6 weeks for the bones in your nose to heal following surgery. During this time, you should avoid strenuous exercise. Even movements that seem harmless like stretching, lifting, or bending over can increase nasal swelling.
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It takes about 6 weeks for the jaw bone and gum tissue to repair itself following wisdom teeth extractions. This time may vary depending on if the wisdom teeth were impacted in bone or in gum tissue. Deeply bony impacted wisdom teeth require more bone removal and therefore may require more healing time.
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The best news is that you don't have to keep up with this soft food diet for very long, either. Normally, you should avoid solid food for just 24 hours after your oral surgery, after which it may be okay to eat it again.
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Because most mouth wounds are minor, and require little or no intervention or stitches, the wounds heal within about seven days and have no consequences. Those wounds that do require stitching also have an excellent prognosis if washed out and stitched appropriately.
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It takes anything from a few minutes to 20 minutes, or sometimes even longer, to remove a wisdom tooth. After your wisdom teeth have been removed, you may have swelling and discomfort, both inside and outside your mouth.