had braces as an early teen to align teeth&correct bite.I have always had/hated my weak chin(underdevloped mandible). Considering chin implant but think BSSO surgery would be more correct.To make matters worse i had a baseball injury which led to me losing a front tooth and now having a bridge on 3frnt top teeth.weak chin always makes me very self conscious as a result i tend to push my lower jaw forward.can i have mandible advancement surgery and just have braces to move my bottom teeth back?
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You would definitely benefit from orthodontic treatment. If you did not want to do a fixed appliance such as braces, you could definitely correct your spacing issues and bite with Invisalign. It wouldn't take too long and I'm sure you would be thrilled with your results.
The challenge is that orthodontics is basically a "tug of war" with teeth. You need the other teeth for leverage to get the proper movement. many times we bracket more teeth than we intend to move, if only to keep them where they are.
In MY office, I would have gone...
It is hard to say without actually seeing but more often than not, the visual appearance of teeth is affected by the gum margin. In other words, the actual tooth is often the same size but the movement of the tooth might make the gum bunch up and cover more of the tooth than ideal. This will...
