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Ask them about stability. Think double jaw tends to be the most stable results for underbite.

Heh I don't have a clue about the hospital fees cos my insurance picked mine up 100% and I didn't pay it much attention but I do remember that the insurance and hospital argued a lot of the fees for a long time. I heard of the device you're talking about but my surg doesn't use it. Only heard of one...

If the only reason they are considering upper jaw as well as lower is because of a pretty small difference in the widths of the jaws, then a midline osteotomy on the lower jaw avoids the need for surgery on both. It can be a good choice for some people. It's not such a common procedure, but they've ...