I had to wait 2 weeks after my jaw was broke to save the money to get wired shut they wouldn't do anything for me till then.they also didn't tell me I would have tmj problems going on 5 years later because they wired my jaw crooked .had I known then I would have saved more money to get plates and screws .the sad truth is most docs just want money . tell him to look up tmj problems it sucks much worse then the broken jaw and if its crooked you'll probly have those problems .spend the money these issues are horrible
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Ok my jaw has been wired for two weeks n I HATE IT!!! A man hit me and broke my jaw!! U have 3 plates and I'm wired shut I went to the doc today he said two more weeks to get the wires off! I have had like 5 cigarettes in the past week n he said everything looks ok.... And my metal plates are in for life! How would I know if it is infected ?
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I see it has been quite some time since you posted. I was particularly interested in your situation as it seems to match closely w/ that of my son's. He broke his jaw in 3 places 7 1/2 weeks ago. I suppose from a technical perspective it healed well, but it does appear to be somewhat assymetrical. My question is this, how long did it take for your face to completely stabilze? I know that you will hear that the majority of the swelling goes away within the first several weeks, but I was wondering if there may be additional factors at play (e.g., callus on jaw break sites, tissue fluid, etc.) that may be continuing to impact my son's overall facial appearance. So, again, do you have a read on how long it took for you face to completely stabilize? Thanks!
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same thing just happened to my son he's 19 lots of prayers God is the great healer:)
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Yeah my injury is very similar. Happened end of Oct 2014. It is broken in 3 places one plate in the right side and two in the front and and i really dislike the screws...VERY VERY PAINFUL!!! The screws stick out about a quarter inch outside my jaw...now inbedded in my inner cheek tissue!!! Now that my jaw is almost healed the embedded screws hurt like i cant believe!!! I wake up grump
y, whimpering n run to my med bag n wait it out till the meds kick in. My lower lip i cannot feel. It sucks. My screws are getting taking out next week and i am scared of the outcome of the healing process.
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Long story short I have had jaw fractured piss drunk one night yrs ago and have a places and wire thing in my face. The wiring is infectinn the bottom front tooth where they cut. Question is should I let them do surgery to take the plates and wiring out along with the tooth. Gonna be hard to go that long without a bottom tooth
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I'm 2 weeks in and 3 days after my opp and exactly as you right and left and 3 plates I got a question I can feel the screw rubbing on my tongue and the other one it feels like it's coming threw my cheek anything similar to you?
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My jaw was broken in two places at work on Sunday night and I was admitted to the ER the same night. One of the break was slightly left of my chin and the other one is toward the back of my jawline. I had the surgery to put my jaw back together this past Wednesday. I was told that metal plating and screws were used to reattach the jaw; in addition to one wire that is running through my teeth to help the jaw stabilize itself. Currently, like you, I have no sensation in my chin or lower lip. I am also in a great deal of pain but that is to be expected. I have an appointment with my work comp doctor this coming up week. Hopefully, the doctor will confirm that the surgery did its purpose and I'm on the healing pathway. I am on a full liquid diet for the next 6 weeks. Man, am I going to miss all the steaks and hamburgers. hahah
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I was on hydrocodone but since the pain is gone and I had no other issues I am now off narcotics. Whenever it flare up again or whatever I just take aleve and it does the job. Jaw is healing just fine...two more weeks until that steaks and hamburgers lol
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I was in a car accident a month ago and i broke my jaw in two place in the nerve. I had surgery abd i have stitches in ny mouth. I broke several teeth in the upper back. My chin and lower lip is still numb and i talk funny. My doctor dont know when of if i will get feeling back. I want to know will i ever talk better.
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Since your breakage is around the nerve it may take longer for you to get most, if not, all your feeling back. Also, once the swelling is completely gone your speech should go back to normal. Its hard to talk normally when you have a numb bottom lib lol My bottom lip is almost back to normal and I can tell a different in the way I talk now. It has been almost 7 weeks since my surgery. Good luck to you guy. Hope everything go well for you!!!!
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Hey i was assaulted with a punch to the face , and fractured my jaw in two places ,one near my left ear and the other to the left of my chin, i went to the er the same day and got wired shut with 6 screws (3 on top 3on the bottom) closed off by wires . Its been a week and a half now , some of thwswelling has gone down but not all, near my left ear i have a hard lump , sometimes my ears hurt andnalso get bad headaches, has anyone experienced that? Also my lower lip only on nthe left side is growin numb as so as my chin. Has anyone had similar problem as me?
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So i broke my jaw about 2 years ago from an assault. I broke it in two places and had to have jaw surgery which lead to me having a metal plate in my lower left side of my mouth. I was brushing my teeth today and noticed that a corner of my metal plate is visable, sticking out of my gums!! What should i do? Im not in pain but I dont know what do do??!! Help
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