Cracked Jaw Due to Wisdom Teeth Removal Posted: 01-31-06 21:16pm
Hi,
i recently had my wisdom teeth removed and
just found out that my jaw is now cracked
because of it. Is this normal? I'm in
my early 20s and have always had a healthy
mouth and teeth. My oral surgeon told me
to eat soft foods for the next few weeks
and limit movement, but that it may fully
break and require my mouth to be wired
shut for six weeks... Has anyone else
experienced this? If so, did you end up
needing your mouth wired shut?
Any insight you could offer would be
greatly appreciated!!!
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squashville USA
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Joined: 28 May 2006 Posts: 31
Posted: 06-05-06 14:01pm
Hello, I am sorry to hear what happened to
you. This happened to my aunt expect she
broke her lower jaw when she had her
lowers removed. They wired it shut and I
took care of her.
It can happen on lowers, also if your
oral surgeon isn't very skilled moreso to
be more careful this happens. Its a
chance thing too if you have low bone
dentisty etc. If you smoke, tak birth
control pills which deplete your calcium
absorption this is common-
in any case- soft foods yes and
multivitamin would be a very good idea for
you as well as drinking some milk and
cheese.
When they wire it shut, they simple take
your two upper and lower k9 teeth (the
point front ones) and they glue a braces
bracket to it and they wire them together
top to bottom. You must take care to not
choke of shakes your drink then and saliva
as this can be very dangerous and you
would need somoene to cut the wires asap
for you with some cutters- however I
wouldn't worry, you are very young still
and should heal well if you are healthy
and have a good diet and make sure to
rest, and sleep often to allow for you
rbody to repair itself.
I wish you luck, but I am sure you will
be fine. If you don't feel any better etc
I would hesistate to get a second opinion
either if you are unsure of your condition
improiving or not.
