I have minor work that needs to be done (a snaggletooth that needs fixing and see alignment in the bottom teeth as well as bite correction.) Am I crazy or are most (if not all) of the brackets in the wrong position?
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A narrow palate and crossbite can be addressed with Epigenetic Orthopedics /Orthodontics with the DNA Appliance. It is a removable appliance that is worn 16 hours/ day for best results and gradually expands the bone orthopedica;y and the airway in grown through a process called Pneumopedics....
A peg lateral is small and anormally-shaped, usually tapered and pointy, tooth. Your lateral incisors are undersized relative to the central incisors (front teeth), but they are not peg-shaped. If there is a tooth-size discrepancy between the upper and lower teeth, it may result in spacing....
The issues are a narrow underdeveloped maxilla, a small airway, a recessive chin and I suspect a deviate swallow. Ideally, expansion orthodontics/orthopedics would have been done prior to 8 years of age. As an adult the DNA Appliance is an excellent approach that gives lifetime b...