I haven't ever seen a case of CPRS. Is it less likely in the face for some reason?
Just to clarify from earlier, losing teeth can be that they die. It can also mean that they fall out and an implant is needed. I've only come across one case of that so far. The risk of this seems to be about .05% per tooth or about 1/100 surgeries, estimated from numbers given to me by two surgeons.
@Tom2 Glad to hear you're recovering well. I wouldn't worry about the lost feeling to the teeth. It's nice but not a big deal at all. Between the two, I'd rather have the reverse though, to have feeling but need a crown.
@FaceNit There's two types of relapse, short term and long term. Short term relapse happens when fixation fails and that's in the first 8 weeks. Long term relapse happens when bones remodel. I've come across both cases but long term relapse seems much more common. ICR is one cause but it can also be due to muscles and surrounding bones. Think about it, you've moved bones to a new location but connective tissue has grown to accommodate the old location so either the bone needs to remodel back to the old location or the connective tissue needs to change to accommodate the new bones. This is one reason why non-surgical palatal expansion often fails in adults. Even when successful it often relapses years later, zygomas are the suspected culprit I've read. Cases I've seen form long term relapse are over a few years. There are no 100-year studies on these surgeries, though they were done starting in the 1800s anything resembling a modern surgery is really only about 30 years old. Bones change considerably starting at about age 40, essentially undoing much of the forward growth experienced during childhood. You aren't fixed for life with these surgeries but you should be close to most of your peers at least, which means you'd be good for most of the life you'd expect to enjoy.
