gnawgnaw,
Extended swelling for a few weeks and a temporary decrease in muscle movement is normal for the type of surgery that you had. However, the only one who can conclude what would be normal healing at this point for your particular case would be the oral surgeon who performed the surgery because he knows what was visibly present and to what extent he had to do the surgery.
Try not to worry too much. You might want to give his office a call and ask if massage therapy or jaw exercises would be helpful at this stage.
Bryanna
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Originally Posted by gnawgnaw
The infection was kind of come and go, it was persistent, but never very intense. I wasn't bothered by it most of the time, but I did take two courses of antibiotics in the duration.
He did not mention any scar tissues, and actually mentioned no severing of muscles for the operation. He told me that the stiffness after the operation is from the swelling. That's why I'm worried that that particular kind of mobility doesn't seem to be improving faster, given that the swelling has been gone for a week, and other ranges of movements have all been basically fully recovered.
I'll be seeing him again next week in my next follow-up. There's still a pretty sizable lump, though. Would you say that this is normal even with a successful operation?
Sorry for all this, I just can't get myself to not worry when it comes to dental stuff..
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