Broken Jaw Rubber Bands

I was given top and bottom braces with hooks for rubber bands to keep my bite and jaw realignment.

Broken jaw rubber bands.

Enjoy and thanks for watching. Loveless4756 19 24 female patient published. Rubber band were used to band teeth together. Big problem my bit is off.

I try show you how i change my rubber bands. The fact that the oral surgeon has twice given me only one. You connect them to the brackets usually by connecting a top tooth bracket with a bottom tooth bracket. Comments leave a comment.

All bands off i can cew soft food pasta etc. My next appointment with the oral surgeon is on tuesday and i have only one rubber band left excluding the three that are in my mouth. Oral surgeons offer instructions for after facial trauma procedures for fractures broken jaw wired jaw eye socket fractures. Another video in my jaw surgery series.

The wonton don recommended for you. Don t try to fight them and open or move your jaw. From moving since a cast cannot be placed. The process works pretty well for me.

Another rubber band shortage 10 may. Call 573 449 4900. Bands had to be removed after each meal and replaced. Their function is to adjust the position of your bite and jaw properly.

After six weeks the wires may be removed that secures the top jaw to the bottom jaw and the arch bars may be left on as a precaution in the event the jaw requires further immobilization. Then you have another set of rubber bands called the interarch rubber bands. Meet the mole people living beneath the las vegas strip duration. If you need to cough sneeze or yawn use your hand to support below your chin to avoid the tendency to try to open your mouth.

Week 4 bands off except for 2 front teeth and back 2 molars. Replacing bands on the molars was between difficult to impossible. Fell broke jaw in 3 places. Some patients will not be wired shut but will have rubber bands holding the jaws stable yet allowing some careful small movements and to help.

Get the facts on treatment and find out what to eat while you recover. A broken or dislocated jaw is an injury to the joint that connects your lower jawbone to the skull. Remember the wires or rubber bands can be stretched or broken causing the problems noted above or teeth can be loosened and damaged.