Can Braces Make the Lower Jaw Narrower when There's Extraction?

August 10, 2013
Asked By:sedi

I've been wearing braces for 18 months now, I have a protruding upper jaw and a crowding in the lower jaw. Im starting to notice that my cheeks are getting hollow and that my lower jaw is getting narrower. Can braces push my jaws back? Or it's all in my head as the doctor says?

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