ImpressionableYouth
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So I was looking at possible alternatives to traditional double jaw surgery in terms of advancing the mandible and upper jaw and came across some threads here about IMDO. I read that DO is a lot less invasive, recovery is a lot quicker, and the results a lot more dramatic (in comparison to jaw surgery), where you can get 1.5 cm of growth with the devices they attach.
However, my surgeon said that DO is still at a place where many surgeons will only do it for severe deformed mandibles/maxillas. So even if you are recessed, unless you have cleft palate or some kind of horrendous skull/mandible deformity, doctors will probably not give you DO.
tl;dr, if you need advancement, you're gonna have to stick with traditional DJS. DO isn't an option, and doctors aren't open to it quite yet.
However, my surgeon said that DO is still at a place where many surgeons will only do it for severe deformed mandibles/maxillas. So even if you are recessed, unless you have cleft palate or some kind of horrendous skull/mandible deformity, doctors will probably not give you DO.
tl;dr, if you need advancement, you're gonna have to stick with traditional DJS. DO isn't an option, and doctors aren't open to it quite yet.