Surgical Hooks Jaw Surgery

Orthognathic surgery also referred to as jaw surgery or corrective jaw surgery is needed when jaws don t meet correctly and or teeth don t seem to fit with jaws teeth are straightened by an orthodontist with pre surgical orthodontics and the maxillofacial surgeon performs the corrective jaw surgery by repositioning the misaligned jaw s.

Surgical hooks jaw surgery. These hooks are used to connect rubber bands from my top jaw to my lower. As of right now i will see the ortho on july 18 to get surgical hooks put on and then have oral surgery on july 24. Now over 1 year post op. I received good news last week.

17 days to go. Those really are such a pain when it comes to eating. It s so exciting that you already have the surgical hooks in. Surgical hooks seem to be the modern alternative to wiring the jaw shut.

I was beyond excited since this means a less intense surgery and a slightly easier recovery. The process was painless and took less than 5 minutes. It s been a week since i last posted. I just got my double jaw surgery last tuesday and it has been quite the roller coaster ride.

My surgeon will place elastics to join the top and bottom hooks to secure my jaw in the proper healing position after surgery click here to see my post surgery bands. This not only improves facial appearance but also. This is a video i took of my orthodontist putting my surgical hooks also called k ties on my braces for surgery. Pre op consultation with surgeon.

Elastics jaw surgery no pain surgical hooks. Surgical hooks and before pictures. Underwent upper and lower jaw surgery with genioplasty on 28th march 2013. After surgery the hooks on the brackets and wires are used to.

Part of the reason for this is that in last week i have become sick once again. I actually had mine on about a month before surgery and i felt like i was cleaning my teeth all the time. I think a week is a bit much to have to deal with these hooks prior to surgery but i wanted to know what has everyone else experienced. Parker called and told me that they had done the surgery planning and decided only the lower jaw needed to be done.

Ok i wasn t originally worried about this until i start reading about it on here. Orthodontics are needed in conjunction with jaw surgery to level and align the teeth but also the hooks on the braces and surgical hooks on the wire are used during surgery to allow positioning of splints and holding the teeth in correct alignment to carry out the surgical plan. 27 days to double jaw surgery.