Double Jaw Sugery with Dr. Jefferey Caputo - Mission Viejo, CA

Oh your surgery is fast approaching!! Don't freak out hun, the first thing I say is enjoy eating while you can!! Once you have surgery you will be on mostly liquid diet for 6 weeks, I once got so desperate I tried to chew a tiny piece of pepperoni and nearly choked..it was the dumbest thing I ever did...you mentally will need to endure the fact that you will have no solids....you will lose approx. 10 pounds...you will mostly be on bedrest as you don't want to raise your BP. You also may get very constipated from not eating so I purchased smooth moves organic tea to help me with that. I have a high pain tolerance and wasn't in much pain, just uncomforatble with swelling. I used a lot of heat and ice packs, those will be your best friend. You may also want to purchase a water pix because your mouth with feel yucky due to your splint, the pix will reach places a toothbrush cant...anyways God bless with your surgery you will be fine hun...any questions ask me....at the end you will have a perfect beautiful smile! :)

I did not have jaw surgery, but I had a tooth abscess almost 3 years ago and could not open my mouth more than about 1/4 inch for over 2 weeks. I could not even fit a spoon in my mouth. A good mouthwash and small child toothbrushes are good to have. Target sells the childrens toothbrushes. I think the package says they are for ages 2 to 4 years, but not sure. Good luck with everything!!!

Your welcome!! <3 I realized you had surgery I hope all went well!!

Everything went good but oh my lord!! The swelling!! I'm huge! All I want to do is blow my nose and I can't. I feel like I can't breathe because I'm so stuffed up

Oh hey! ohh yess swelling is bad hot and cold packs hun! and I know its tough but you made it through the toughest days! YAY! How you feeling today

Thank you hun! Yess I can open my mouth by to normal....really? I am not sure hun why your still at 2 fingers..should be able to open a least 3-4 by now..it could be just slower. I am fully back to normal.

Awesome, happy to hear...please let me know how your doing as you continue to go along! :)

Thank you so much! Sorry for late reply! I had HMO Anthem Blue Cross (Memorial Care), Dr. Caputo is a Doctor at Saddle back which affiliates with Memorial Care. I got a referral to him due to my jaw deformity :) and then went from there, my primary gave it to me. I hope it all works out for you, he is an amazing Doctor!

Thank you so much for replying, appreciate it. So I read your review and your deformity was a cross bite/open bite right? That's the type of Bite i have too. I sent you a msg I hope to hear from you soon, thanks girly.

Thank you very much! :)

Hello elode, sorry I missed your post and thats great it will be so worth it I promise! Just as long as your in the right hands you will be fine! I had to have braces before hand, I had them on for one year before I got surgery, your teeth have to be aligned a certain way before the surgeon can do his job, with that said, that includes: Braces, x-rays, molds, everything..not sure about nerve placement because my Doctor is highly qualified and am sure he already knew where there at, as most anatomy is the same in people..no 3-D because all people look different and my doctor didn't want me to have some certain expectation..how did you plan go? I feel like my face relatively stood the same maybe slight change in jaw and nose..but very slight..lol..only I can probably tell.. and yess please read if you have time..I wanted to make sure I shared a positive story! <3 <3

oh and thank you for the compliment :)

In the beginning every 2-3 months as we got closer every month and after surgery every fees weeks then months

And thank you very much :)

Thank you @Byrant... ;) My insurance did not cover my braces that was a separate cost of around $5700. 11K? for braces.. I may suggest you get another opinion that is a bit much just for braces? I had a open bite and all and braces was 5700, surgery around 12K covered by insurance..Hope this helps! btw where you from?

My ortho is near Dallas, Tx. He was very good with taking time to explain everything. I had 2 appointments that included xrays and everything that he didnt charge for. But i guess its thrown in with the cost of braces.