Are movements post-surgery expected?

[dvdrdiscs]

I don't know if it's just my mind playing tricks on me but it seems my bite moved slightly post-surgery. I remember my midlines lining up perfectly right out of surgery but now it's shifted a tad off center. Is it normal for the shift or do you think it's just all in my head?

[ColoradoGirl]

Hm, can't speak to normal, but my midlines have shifted since surgery, and my surgeon says the ortho will fix it. So, I def. don't think it's all in your head, but hopefully it's minor.

EDIT: Sorry, didn't see the date-stamp on your message. Hope it all worked out!

[sarahorsomeone]

My lower midline was quite badly off-center before surgery, and although it was central straight after surgery it ended up drifiting off-center in the opposite direction a few days later. My orthodontist fixed it with an elastic and it's pretty much perfect now (just over 3 months after surgery).

In fact I had to have an emergency appointment with my ortho two days before christmas because he'd put me in a very odd configuration of elastics and it was pulling my mid-line over again, but on removing the elastics it centralised itself again after just a few hours, so it's definitely something that can be adjusted.

I might be wrong, but I believe it's partly down to the muscles getting used to the new position of your jaw/s, and the elastics can be used to re-train them (deliberately, or accidentally as in my recent case).