profession. It is known by various different names: dental orthopedics, dentofacial orthopedics, cranio-mandibular orthopedics, and jaw orthopedics. In a disguised form it is utilized in the treatment of various conditions: sleep apnea, TMJ dysfunction, athletic enhancement, etc. .
How quickly you recover depends on how serious your shoulder injury is. Separated shoulders may heal over a period of 6 weeks. Dislocated shoulders may take longer -- more like 3 to 12 weeks. But these lengths of time are just approximations. Everyone heals at a different rate.
Your shoulder will generally continue to improve steadily up to five to six months after surgery. After that point further improvement is very slow; although it has been shown that even after a year or more, activity can increase as muscle