Those are probably not surgeons you want to deal with then. At the very least, this knowledge gives you the tools to evaluate any plan you are presented with on a basic level.
I did ‘some’ research before my own surgery, but did not find this forum until I researched the side effects I was unhappy with. Pre-0p I basically succumbed to the “ante face = good” meme and thought the only other concern might be tooth show. I didn’t even understand what the occlusal plane was; much less rotational movements. I had no idea any of that existed or was important. I think we on this forum forget how ‘arcane’ this might seem to someone just getting into JS.
I only had an inkling that I have a steepish occlusal plane. I thought that all this OP plane talk here was for "difficult LFS" cases and CCW boiled down to anterior impaction. It was more than a year after my surgery and more than 2.5 years after I registered here that I learned that the OP could be manipulated with posterior downgrafting as well.
I got the same verbal "plan" from almost every surgeon. The only exception being one surgeon, who suggested setback of the lower as well. I thought my case was easy. Little did I know that Australia is an absolute bush league when it comes to jaw surgery. Some borderline developing countries have more progressive surgeons.
