Worried about dentures during and after facelift surgery. Any suggestions?

There should not be any issues continuing to wear dentures during and following surgery. As most of our facelift procedures are performed under local anesthesia, it is safe to leave your dentures in place. While you will experience some tightness of your jaw following surgery this should not create a problem with wearing dentures.

Without doubt, you should, at the latest, be able to wear your dentures the day after your procedure.  It actually has nothing to do with the procedure itself, but more with the type of anesthesia that will we administered.  If you are having general anesthesia or deep IV sedation, the dentures most likely will be needed to be removed temporarily (ie half a day).  If you are having your procedure only under local anesthesia, then you would not need to remove them at all.  This approach (local anesthesia with mild oral sedation) is how we perform our procedures in our Center (for over a decade).  We have had many patients like yourself whom have had the procedure without ever removing their teeth.  Hope this has been helpful. -Doc L.

There is no need to worry about your dentures following a
facelift. They will most likely be removed during surgery, but they can be
replaced immediately afterwards. No one but your surgeon and his team has to
see you without them.