Why can’t doctors just perform jaw surgery to move and align teeth quickly then let it heal, as opposed to people having to get braces or Invisalign?

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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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Jaw surgery is probably one of the most invasive surgeries that exists. You don’t realize how much you use it until you have to have it wired shut, or it doesn’t heal right and you lose all feeling in one or both sides of your face, or even worse you have no sensation but blinding trigeminal neuralgia that decides to fuck up your entire day whenever it feels like it.

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