1.Immediately following surgery: Since surgery causes soreness within the muscles and bones of your jaw, movement could also be difficult initially. We don’t recommend any specific exercises during the primary week to 10 days after surgery. However, simply attempting to open your mouth and move your jaw side to side several times each day may help increase movement.
2.Ten days to four weeks after surgery: substitute front of a mirror and plan to open and shut your jaw the maximum amount as possible. At ten days after surgery you ought to be ready to get one finger in between your teeth, and this could increase to 2 fingers by four weeks. Simply move your jaw forward and backward, side to side, and open and shut , attempting to extend your mouth opening together with your jaw muscles only. Moist heat placed on the side of your face before and through these exercises may make them easier and simpler . don’t use finger pressure on your teeth to assist stretch your jaw opening at this point .
3.Four to eight weeks after surgery: During the fourth to eighth week after surgery you ought to be ready to get two fingers in between your front teeth very comfortably and may begin using very gentle finger pressure between the rear teeth on all sides of your mouth to assist gently stretch your jaw muscles. Again, doing these stretching exercises also as moving your jaw side to side and forward and backward will help. Moist heat also can be used at this point . Use of a millimeter ruler to assist measure jaw opening will assist you monitor your progress and improvement. By the eighth week you ought to be ready to place three fingers between your front teeth. it’s also vital to maneuver the muscles used for facial expressions.
