Can I move upper (adult) teeth forward without expander? What about bringing my lower jaw forward without surgery? (Photos)

December 22, 2017
Asked By:PsychGirl123 in Chicago, IL

As a child I had braces to correct my open bite, but before, my teeth covered my entire smile with minimal dark corners. Now I am 24 and my face has grown vertically and my teeth seem to have been pushed inward. There are large dark corners and gum when I smile. Oddly my upper gum bone sticks out further than my teeth on the sides suggesting that my teeth were once placed in a forward position. My lower jaw is too far back, but I don’t know if that can be brought forward without surgery.

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Answer: Narrow Underdeveloped Maxilla, Dark Buccal Corridors: DEN Appliance and Epigenetic Orthopedics /OPrthodontics

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