In the early stage of mandibular angle surgery, because the face is not completely fixed, it is easy to be disturbed by the outside world, which leads to the problem of facial deformation. At this time, you need to wear elastic headgear, but the length of time you need to wear headgear will be different, depending on the different situation of bone growth of each patient. Some patients have better bones, which will be earlier and some will be later.
Most patients usually need to wear elastic headgear for at least three to five weeks, but some patients may need to wear it for a longer time because of their poor health and slow recovery. With regard to the specific time of wearing headgear, it is best for patients to follow the doctor's advice and never take off the headgear at will, so as not to affect the growth of bones and cause adverse consequences.
However, in addition to wearing elastic headgear after mandibular angle surgery, it is necessary to pay attention to various nursing work, including adjusting sitting posture and sleeping posture, not lying on your side to avoid squeezing the wound, eating more nutritious foods such as juice and broth, and then gradually eating semi-liquid foods such as noodles and porridge, and gradually returning to normal diet after the wound can be taken out.