I am 43 years old and have an overgrown maxila and very narrow arch in my jaw. I went to a reputable local orthodontist, and she said this could be marginally corrected via TADs and three years of braces.. marginally. She recommended I just get orthagnathic surgery. Since I am "old" and have a career and young children to manage, I didn't want to go that route. However I would like to get additional opinions on what can be done to fix my smile.
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As you mentioned, you feel your face has shrunk after pre-molar extraction. However, I believe the reason is not the extraction itself; you can experience changes after retraction of teeth, but not immediately after extraction. It's my advice to upload a side view of the face photo and front...
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...