Ah, got it. Appreciate the clarification, all the more for not having been entitled to it.

(I was recommended for the cut-jaw-apart surgery by an orthodontist and then saw a specialist in orofacial pain management and didn't actually need surgery after all, which has left me with a rather hammer-nail skepticism to orthodontists. But my normal bite isn't the problem and wow, that just all sounds like it sucks, I'm sorry. Way worse than having my mouthguard regularly rebuilt from the ground up or replaced because I'm so hard on it.)