Braces with Mandible (Lower) Jaw Surgery?

I can't speak to your particular case but "in general" most surgeons want the patient to have braces on when they do the jaw surgery so they can place wires or elastics to hold the jaw in the position where they want it to be relative to the other jaw and to let the jaw heal before the patient could move it. In the past the patients would have their teeth wired together for 6 to 8 weeks. Now this amount of time is usually not needed to due to the use of titanium bone... more