Double Jaw Surgery: Did Your Bite Feel “Wrong” at First but Eventually Settle Correctly?
Hey everyone, I’m currently 6 days post-op from double jaw surgery for a Class III malocclusion and I wanted to ask about your experiences with occlusion during the first weeks after surgery.
Right now my bite is definitely much better than before surgery, but it still doesn’t feel “perfectly locked in.” I still have elastics pulling my lower jaw forward and there’s a small gap between some teeth where my tongue can still slightly pass through. Sometimes I also feel little shifts/clicks/tension changes when swallowing or relaxing my jaw.
My surgeon says the elastics are still guiding the bite and that things settle over time, but mentally it’s hard not to overanalyze every tiny movement and wonder if the occlusion is wrong.
For people who already went through this:
- Were your teeth perfectly aligned immediately after surgery?
- Did your bite continue changing during the first weeks with elastics?
- Did you ever feel like the occlusion was “off” early on and then it eventually settled correctly?
- Could you still feel spaces/open bite tendencies during the first days or weeks?
Would really appreciate hearing real experiences because I think I’m checking my bite way too much at the moment 😅