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Teen gets new jaw in historic surgery

By Casey Claiborne, FOX 7 Austin
Published September 11, 2015
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Texas barbecue is one of Abby Rodgers' favorite foods.

But the 16-year-old Georgetown High School junior has never been able to eat it very easily.

Due to a genetic condition, Rodgers was born with very little bone in her jaw.

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