How long after jaw surgery were you able to eat/chew regular food?

Question

I'm craving pizza and orange chicken so much!

Answer 1

It really depends if you keep up with good hygiene and you are using your mouth rinse and not talking to much you should be fine within 8-10 weeks. But it also depends on the severity of your surgery and/or injury. I have both an open bite and over bite so my surgery was a bit more complex and I was out for 14 weeks. Best of luck, and I hope you heal fast. PS Don't try and blend solid foods, it ruins them for you later and they are very gross haha.

Answer 2

6 weeks, sometimes 8 weeks dependent on the surgeon and in some cases longer if the surgeon is really anal about it, or if you had a lot of complex work done.

Answer 3

The site below on jaw surgery says this:

With osteotomies of the jaws, you will need to be in tight elastics between your top and lower teeth for the first 2-4 weeks and light elastics for 2-4 weeks after that, depending upon the type of operation and your occlusion. For the first 2-4 weeks you will need to be on blended food and nutritional drinks, going on to a soft diet after that.

Answer 4

my dentist said i should wait for three months of more