Patty,
I still have my front teeth (actually all my teeth). The surgeon cut right between my 2 front teeth. There is gray-ish/white tissue at the gum by those 2 front teeth, it has been slow to heal and the doctors were watching it carefully and gave me antibiotics.

Now (post surgery) my front teeth are not lined up exactly as evenly as before, but it is pretty minor, and you have to look carefully in my mouth to see it. I actually am surprised at easily the jaw did go back together.

The chin and jaw don't bother me any more than anything else - I think the tongue loss & swallowing changes are harder. The whole general region from my ear lobe to chin to neck/chest has generally been numb or stiff, but not particularly painful(I had a skin graft from my chest used for reconstruction).

One other thing, post surgery, the first few days you look (& feel) awful. But looking on the positive side, the swelling goes down, the scars lessen, the stiches come out, etc. So there is something to look forward to with the small daily improvements post-surgery. (And I did have a few setbacks or just rotten days).I found it helped to look at some of the small improvements day to day, focusing on what I could do today but not the day before, rather than focusing on what I could do pre-cancer (which can be discouraging)

hope this helps some,
michelle