Lower jaw position - maxillary teeth position

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Lower jaw position - maxillary teeth position

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I apologise for this possibly stupid question.

I'm having lower jaw surgery in a month and I've had my tracings done, approved and all. My only concern is that my top teeth are't as far forward as I'm feeling they should be... the surgery is only moving the bottom jaw forward by something like 4.5mm which seems marginal. I really feel like my top teeth could've been moved further forward, like a solid 3mm, to faciliate a bigger move. Could I ask my orthodontist to move all my teeth forward like, 1 - 2mm after the surgery using elastics? Or is surgery meant to 'set' at the exact position?

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