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Why is my genioplasty so expensive? Two years ago I had major orthognathic surgery on both jaws to correct an overbite (Photo)

davinci7Aug 18, 2015
Even though my teeth meet, my bite is angled so my lower jaw still looks recessive. Originally, I was supposed to have a genioplasty during the main surgery, however, the surgeon changed his mind and said that I could always do it later. He deducted $500 from my bill. I now want the genioplasty, but my surgeon is reluctant to do it. I got two quotes from other surgeons which were both $7500. The original surgery was only $11,000 and that was 7 hours of major surgery. Is this a realistic price?

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