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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Without addressing whether or not that would actually be possible, a radical surgery has a lot of risks involved and it would be much more expensive than the existing alternatives. A cosmetic surgery like that would not likely be covered by insurance and people would be left with a bill to the tune of tens of thousands of dollars and a major, major infection risk among other things

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