I am 25 years old and had braces when I was 11-13. Around age 16, my orthodontist told me I thrust my tongue which causes me to have an overbite. He tried many things, including a tongue blocking retainer, swallowing exercises, etc. This went on until I was 23. The most recent intervention was to attach rubber bands to my clear retainers at night. Nothing worked. My current bite is shown in the pictures. I still do the swallowing exercises but thats all. What options do I have? Thank you!
I have mild tongue thrust where is under control since 6 month ago with some tongue and myofunctional exercise but its mostly because my nasal is blocked most of time and i have to breath through mouth and to mention I do yoga everyday which is also helping to control my tongue. I have a big lips which has grwon larger over the past years. My only demand is not to extract any teeth.
After 5 trays my doctor was not happy with the progress. He is reffering me to an orthodontist for additional thought on this. Although i personally think its getting worse. I have clicking sound from left side of my jaw which brought concern. This happened after I had removed my wisdom teeths 2 years ago. Yesterday he had me bite on something for 15 min where after this my jaw didnt make clicking sound and i couldnt open my jaw as open before but he said this is your normal jaw movement. Srry
I got my braces off a few months ago, and have worn my retianers religiously. I have a pair of essix retainers and one set of regular ones with a tongue crib in it. One tooth shifted a few degrees and now im wearing invisalign and im afraid that my tongue thrust is pushing my teeth in my sleep. Does it look bad? If so, what can I do?
I am undergoing invisalign full with IPR. I have overbite/openbite and a narrow palate. The dentist said invisalign could help widen my smile. I breathe out my mouth at night which makes my rhinitis worse and I feel short of breath. I am not sure what to ask my specialist orthodontist at my next visit. He did not mention anything about using habit breaking appliances. Can I ask him for a habit breaking appliance I have tongue trust problem, mouth breathing.
I've gotten opinions from 2 dentists. 1 believes it's a result of my edge to edge bite while another believes it's because of my tongue thrust problem. I'm 23 and have significant gum recession for my age. I'm currently working with a speech therapist on fixing my tongue problem, but I'd like a third opinion on this. If it were because of my edge to edge bite, I'd be looking at a $4000 Invisalign treatment. NOTE: My brother has also had gum recession problems so it's likely in my genes as well.