korea two jaw surgery post operative care

Korea Two Jaw Surgery Post Operative Care


Day 1 after surgery• Hospitalization• Wearing hemo vac. (blood pocket)• Due to swelling, scars, and blood pocket, consuming food is inconvenient. Patient is recommended to eat thin rice gruel and/ or drink juice• Continuous ice pack mas-sage is required


Day 2 after surgery

• Hospitalization• Hemo vac. (blood pocket) re-moval: examine of surgical scars and teeth condition by oral surgeon• Recommended to take light nutri-tion such as thin rice gruel, souo, and/or drink juice•Continuous ice pack massaging is required


Day 3 after surgery• No orthodontic appliance required. • Required to wear wafer• Due to no fixation between jaws, liquid diet is possible• Recommended to start wearing compressive band• After being discharged, until stitch removal, frequent gargling of the mouth is required (ONLY gargling is allowed). When provided mouth-wash is all used up, get general mouth wash such as LISTERINE from pharmacy


Day 4 after surgery• Swelling of the surgical area is maxi-

mized and requires continuous massag-ing with ice pack

• Due to imbalanced nutrition, there may be physical exhaustion

Korea Two Jaw Surgery Post Operative CareDay 5~7 after surgery• Alter to hot pack massage• May stop wearing compressive band (recom-mended to use it at home or while asleep for an-other week or two, even up to third week)• Able to eat soup, yogurt or drink smoothies. To avoid physical exhaustion, taking vitamins• Recommended to take light exercise and taking a walk to reduce swelling• Getting a massage/ facial massage is prohibited for a month• Possible to wash face gently but still have to be careful not to apply pressure while washing• Possible to wash hair or taking a shower• DO NOT put head downwards while washing hair. If possible, ask for help while washing


2 weeks after surgery• May take soft food or food that is chopped into small pieces• Swelling will subside gradually, major swelling may disappear within a month• Possible to brush teeth using kids toothbrush gently but try to avoid surgical area

Korea Two Jaw Surgery Post Operative Care4 weeks after surgery• Removal of lower jaw screw• Removal of fixated rubber-band• Possible to chew mild food

5 weeks after surgery• Allowed to go swimming or going to sauna but special caution is required

6 weeks after surgery• Upper jaw screw removal and wafer removal.• Start braces treatment• Allowed to drink carbonated drinks (soda), coffee, alcohol


2 months after surgery• Able to eat apple, pear, and soft foods such as chicken breast• After 2~3 months, minor/mild swelling of facial muscles may disap-pear• May begin to see appearance of fa-cial contour

3 months after surgery• Able to chew/ eat hard food such as meat and peanuts

Korea Two Jaw Surgery Post Operative CareTwo Jaw Care UnitWONJIN’s differentiated swelling care system

Regulating the body balance to the best condition aids in effective wound healing, inflammation reduction, increasing immunity, and swelling reduction


Superior swelling reduction medicine administrationAids in removal of cells that hinder swelling recovery therefore speeding up the recovery process.

Quicker recovery with HealLite treatmentTherapy for pain, inflammation, and swelling reduction, while speeding up the recovery of damaged tissues.


Nutrition shot injectionNatural fruit extract is injected to aid swelling care

Improve the immune sys-tem with Oxygen chamber

A customized pure oxygen cap-sule aids in swelling recovery and scar prevention

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