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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Unpopular opinion: I think braces are worse than jaw surgery.
I had braces, then after two years of a lot of pain but no discernable changes, we went to an oral surgeon who said my prob could never have been fixed with braces and that I’d need double jaw surgery. Unfortunately that meant a year of additional braces before and after the surgery to get the new bite set up….
I must have just recovered a lot faster than the other commenters, because I was out of the hospital the next day. I did have to have my jaw wired shut for 6 weeks and be on a liquid diet, which sucked, but it was fine after that. It also took about 6 months to get all the feeling back in my hard palate. Despite all that, I’d still say braces were the worst part of it all…
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