Edit: Did not expect this to get so many responses. I’m currently several months into Invisalign so have been super fascinated by teeth stuff and was just curious if there was a surgical way to do it, even if it meant way more money, time, and risk. Thank you to everyone who answered!
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My dad had a tumor in his jaw removed in the past couple years and jaw surgery is not something you want to go into lightly/without good reason.
After surgery his jaw was in pain for months after.
Could not eat solid foods for several weeks. And even then could not eat chewy or hard foods for several weeks after that.
Had to relearn how to SWALLOW.
Had to relearn how to talk normally. Was very hard to understand for a few months after the surgery.
Not typical, but they removed bone from one of his leg bones to replace the bone they had to cut out of his jaw. His leg pain was very intense he said.
100% recovery was not expected for him until after 1-2 years.
In my dad’s case he had to drive to make several visits to the specialist surgeon who was nearly 7 hours and a state away. This was before and after the surgery.
That’s just the surface level stuff I’m aware of.
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