Dr. Becker warns that sometimes surgery for TMJ leads to issues like an injury to the facial nerve, limited motions, or Frey syndrome — a rare complication that causes abnormal face sweating.

The TMJ is the joint that allows your jaw to open and close. "Sooooo … i had double jaw surgery on august 23 to correct my tmj & 9 mm overjet overbite," she began. "This was NOT for aesthetics ...

Reconstruction can also restore form and function to tissue damaged through a surgery performed to treat another disease.