Friends who have had orthognathic surgery know how painful it is after surgery. They are also afraid to remove titanium plates after orthognathic surgery. One is that they do not know whether local anesthesia or general anesthesia is needed, and the other is that they do not know how long it will take for the titanium plate to recover. I warmly talked about my experience of removing titanium plates after orthognathic surgery.

Should titanium plate be removed for orthognathic surgery?

It depends on whether you use domestic titanium plates or imported titanium plates. Imported titanium plates need not be removed later. It has low rejection. The doctor will advise not to remove them. There is no need to be stabbed.

Before the operation, I had to remove the titanium plate made in China. Now, I would like to share a warm personal experience.

Make an appointment in advance to prepare for admission

Before the titanium plate removal operation, the operation time should be determined in advance with the attending doctor. During the epidemic, lung CT should be taken in advance, and I was lucky to be divided into a double room ward with a report.

2. Local anesthesia or general anesthesia for removing titanium plate in orthognathic surgery

Local anesthesia is generally used for surgery, because the titanium plate under local anesthesia does not need to insert the urinary tube and gastric tube, the pain is greatly reduced, and only a few days of liquid food need to be prepared.

No fasting before local anesthesia operation!

3. Is it painful to remove titanium plates after orthognathic surgery?

The anesthetics hurt a little, but only for a few seconds. When the anesthetic works, it will not hurt. You can feel the doctor pulling the titanium plate on the bone with forceps and forceps, unscrew the titanium nail like a screw, and then remove the titanium plate (although you can feel a strong sense of tension, it does not hurt).

The doctor kept asking me whether I was in pain or not. Maybe I was really heartless, so I finished it in about an hour. I never felt pain.

The whole process of local anesthesia surgery was very conscious. You can answer the doctor halfway. After sewing, you can lie in the operating room for ten minutes and then be taken out. You won't get dizzy.

4. How long will you eat after removing the plate?

After returning to the ward, start the instrument detection and bottle hanging. Do not eat within two hours. After two hours, drink a small amount of water to see if there is nausea, and then gradually increase.

In the meantime, I took a pill of ibuprofen to prevent pain when the anesthetic woke up. I really didn't feel anything at night. When the anesthetic wakes up, there is sensation around the chin. There was no unbearable bone pain, and no throat fire caused by inserting a stomach tube into the jaw. I forgot to tell you, Dismantling the titanium plate will also swell your face.