Not every adult patient will require surgery. Surgery is indicated when the jaws are out of place or misaligned, making it difficult to bite, chew or speak properly, or have all of the teeth fit in the jaw. Unfortunately, when you seek out orthodontic treatment as an adult, we don’t have the benefit of a jaw that is still growing that we can manipulate and modify to accommodate the teeth, so we may recommend surgery in order to achieve the ideal results.