Well, the 80 k was for the surgery and everything that was done with the jaws, not just the implant and plates/screws. Alone, the chin implant being titanium, was $5K.
Yeah I know. I had a consultation with an oral surgeon about it approximately 7 years ago. They were going to bring my lower jaw forward (I can't remember exactly how many millimeters), move my upper jaw back a tad and shave a little off the upper jaw to move it up a little. Oh and also do a small implant. It wasn't even half of the 80k you had to pay so I'm kind of curious what all they did to you.
My surgery took place about 4 years ago, when I was 20.
I need to ask my mom to find the records we kept from the surgery. I'll give her a call later.
All I remember is that they went in, broke my jaw, brought the lower jaw forward, and moved the upper back a little, to get it all evened out. Some bone was removed, but I do not recall how much.
I think the cost was somewhat related to the fact that my surgeon was one of the better ones in the area. He worked with my orthodontist on a lot of patients, so he was who we turned to when my orthodontist said jaw surgery was needed.
Thing is, this condition was something that was predicted by my childhood orthodontist. But of course, nothing could be done when I was a kid. They had to wait for me to stop growing first.
