Will a palate expander work for an adult with an open bite?

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I'm 24 years old and i have an open bite due to tongue thrust. Instead of extracting teeth i will use a palate expander and maybe a tongue crib. will this work since i'm an adult? Any advice would be much appreciate it. Please.thank you.

Robert Waxler, DMD, MS · Answer

You cannot expand the palate in an adult without surgery. any expansion will be just pushing the teeth through the bone...not widening the bone structure.  In general a very unstable result.  In addition, any type of expansion tends to cause open bites to worsen...were as extractions tend to lesson open bitesAll in all I would get a second opinion before doing any treatment

Oleg Drut, DDS · Answer

no, it will not work for an adult. An adult, will generally need a full set of braces to correct the open bite based on severity of the open bite. Habit breaker will not work at your age or expander will not work. In fact, it may cause worsening of your open bite

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