<s>[INST] I had double jaw surgery last year in dec 2011. Within three months of the surgery, I had to have two subsequent surgeries to remove all titanium metal due to infection and complications.  Now more than a year later, I have begun having chronic pain in lower right jaw which at times radiates through my teeth and gums. The source appears to be the jaw bone incision site.  How can that be? I am experiencing inflammation in that area and also joint and muscle soreness too. [/INST] Hello.  You probably had a jaw surgery for correction of your jaw defect. The surgery is known as Orthographic surgery. Usually in some patients the titanium plates get infected, and it has to be removed in later surgeries. Now there are resolvable plates which resort away. You should get an OPG x-ray taken to determine if there is any problem in the site of surgery. Consult your Oral and Maxillofacial surgeon at the earliest. Regards </s>