After the surgery, your healthcare team will move you to a recovery room so you can wake up from the anesthesia. You may have some discomfort or pain as the medication wears off. <\/span>You\u2019ll also probably experience:<\/span><\/p>\n

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• Bleeding.<\/span><\/li>\n
• Bruising.<\/span><\/li>\n
• Limited use of the jaw and teeth.<\/span><\/li>\n
• Swelling.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

  Your surgical team will talk to you about how the surgery went when you can go home, and how to take care of yourself during recovery. If you receive anesthesia, you should have someone drive you home.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  Maxillofacial surgery is an operation performed by a highly trained dental surgeon. A variety of maxillofacial procedures can treat diseases, fix injuries or correct defects in your face, jaw, or mouth. As with any operation, this surgery has certain risks. But the procedures help many reduce pain, fix deformities and restore function. What is maxillofacial […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":14926,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[502,595],"class_list":["post-14925","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dental-practice","tag-maxillofacial-surgeon","tag-maxillofacial-surgery"],"yoast_head":"\n