You have very narrow maxilla (upper jaw) and while orthodontics can straighten your teeth it will not correct the real problem. Your smile is really only 6 teeth and ideally a full wide beautiful smile is 10-12 teeth. you have black buccal corridors and virtually no display of your back teeth. The underdeveloped maxilla does not support the soft tissues of your face giving you deep nasal labial grooves. The DNA Appliance utilizes Epigenetic Orthodontics/ orthopedics to expand your maxilla three dimensionally. In addition it will expand your airway thru a process called Pneumopedics. Widening the upper usually allows the lower jaw to move forward improving your profile as well. Learn more about contraction orthodontics vs expansion orthopedics. Ira L Shapira DDS, D,ABDSM, D,AAPM, FICCMOChair, Alliance of TMD OrganizationsDiplomat, American Academy of Pain ManagementDiplomat, American Board of Dental Sleep MedicineRegent & Fellow, International College of CranioMandibular OrthopedicsBoard Eligible, American Academy of CranioFacial PainDental Section Editor, Sleep & Health Journal Member, American Equilibration SocietyMember, Academy of Applied Myofunctional Sciences