Yes, but not for a long period of time. Upper jaw surgery, however, requires an over night stay. For more complex cases two nights of hospital stay is required. In most cases using rigid fixation has eliminated jaw wiring. Plates and screws are used to join bone together.
Patients return to normal function soft diet chewing shortly after surgery.
Now a new resorbable bone plating system can be used in the upper jaw that vanishes after 12 months. Very rarely blood transfusion is required. Call our Center for more information. No surgery is without risk. Orthognathic surgery, a marriage of both art and science, is no exception.