I was advised by my orthodontist to have 4 premolars extracted and I had 2 on the right side extracted last month and I can feel my face has shrunk on that side, I am also concerned about the long term issues of retracting teeth as it will lead to reduced tongue space and a narrow airway, please help me with any suggestions on what I should do next, I am from Chennai, India.
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Answer: Premolar Extraction In Orthodontic Treatment
By seeing your photos, I feel you have dental class one but skeletal class three. So it's my advice to visit the orthodontist. Cephalometric analysis is a must in such cases to understand the perfect scenario. I feel you have skeletal excess.
Assuming your teeth are cavity free, gums are healthy, and you have appropriate root lengths…
Ideal treatment would involve:1. Clear aligners to level and align all teeth, expand the arch form to fill in some of the negative space on the sides, and create equal spacing around the peg...
You would want to see an orthodontist first to level and align the teeth. The malocclusion can be best masked through braces rather than a restorative solution.