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I have read about a few cases of adult palate expansion without surgery. It seems to be pretty new and not common practice, but it seems it can work, at least for some people.

edit: not that I am an expert, but didn't this guys arch expand?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLlZ3qJoR1E

Thank you for your reply.

Do you believe these biowires have a certain limit of expansion they can achieve? In such a case maybe an expander would be preferable?

I will indeed consult an orthodontist in person, which i have already done in the past for informative reasons.

Hello. I am a 20 year old male (although i do look younger) I have been a mouth breather for years, until June when i was operated, and now i can breathe through my nose just fine. All these years of mouth breathing has cause a bad development of my jaw. My upper arch is narrow. As a matter of fact,...

I was thinking of getting lingual braces, but i am kind of concerned about the whole lisping thing. If i get top linguals-bottong normal braces, will i have a problem with speaking? I was thinking it would be way better since the tongue touches the bottom teeth when pronouncing "s".