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Orthodontics and effect on jaw development

  • 29-08-2013 2:40pm
    #1
    TNT2k_
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 191 ✭✭


    I had orthodontic work to correct an overbite when I was 14. At the time I had a normal chin to nose profile, since then however, and after I finished 2.5 years of braces, my jaw appears far weaker than it was. That was years ago, and since I've read up that this may have had something to do with the extraction of my upper premolars in order to line my jaw and teeth up properly instead of tackling the skeletal issue at hand. Safe to say I have great teeth, but my chin is a lot weaker overall compared to the pictures when I first started.

    This is all information I did because it's something that bothers me a bit, especially if I know it could've been largely avoided.
    Anyway, seeing as that info was found on the internet, I'm taking it with a pinch of salt, but it'd be great to get some proper insight into the processes at hand. Was it wrong to pull teeth in order to mask the problem instead of tackling it, assuming if it was able to be fixed with orthodontic work, or should I have undergone different steps to fix what I imagine was a more skeletal issue?

    All feed back will be appreciated, thanks!


Comments

  • #2
    TNT2k_
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 191 ✭✭TNT2k_


    Anything?


  • #3
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    The lower jaw can grow differently in differently patients, either downwards and backwards or upwards and forwards. Jaw growth is difficult to predict. Orthodontic treatments alone essentially do very little to change the jaws as alot of it comes down to genetic instructions. I presume the brace you got before was a functional appliance which canaccelerate jaw growth but does not 'make your jaw grow'. It is difficult to make any further comment about the extractions etc. without having seen what you look like. For adults with a moderate/severe skeletal discrepancy the only way of changing the jaw relationship is with a combination of orthodontics and orthognathic surgery, but this treatment is very involved, takes 2-2.5 years and involves a surgical operation with 6weeks off work, so this naturally inclines many patients to accept what they have or have more simple treatments.


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