Patient Journey · Step 5
Aftercare.
Recovery from TMJ surgery is highly individual, and your care plan will be tailored accordingly. Scheduled follow-up appointments monitor your healing and progress.
At three months, your surgeon reviews your progress and discusses arthroscopy findings.
Follow-up philosophy
Personalised, scheduled, supported.
Recovery from TMJ surgery is highly individual, and your care plan will be tailored accordingly. We provide personalised post-operative instructions along with scheduled follow-up appointments to monitor your healing and progress.
You will receive written information detailing recovery timelines, medication guidance, and warning signs to watch for. The team is here to support you throughout every stage of your recovery.
Follow-up cadence
What happens after surgery.
The follow-up cadence is structured around three milestones drawn from the practice's standard post-operative pathway.
- 01
A Few Days After Surgery
Typically, you will see your surgeon a few days after surgery to review wound healing, dressings, and any immediate post-operative concerns.
- 02
Soon After
Physiotherapy begins soon after the immediate post-operative review. Specialist TMJ physiotherapy is part of recovery, sequenced once initial healing is established.
- 03
Around Three Months Post-Operation
Your surgeon will usually review your progress again around three months post-operation. For patients who have undergone arthroscopy, this follow-up is also when your surgeon will discuss the procedure findings with you.
Recovery support
Questions during recovery?
Contact the practice with any questions about your recovery or follow-up, or review the after-jaw-surgery page for immediate post-operative guidance.
Same surgeons
OMS Specialists
When surgery is required, it is carried out at OMS Specialists, our co-located oral and maxillofacial surgery practice. Same surgeons, same accredited facility, full-scope surgical care across jaw, facial, oral, and skin conditions.
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