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I expected a foulmouthed comments with insults or smth like that - the only thing he said was it's a "bad compromise". I don't know, people can have their opinions on these blogs, and you shouldn't be that fussed up about it. He seemed to just see your one page because he didn't know that ...

it was closed 2 weeks after stop

teeth move quickly in my case i suppose

I had around 4.5mm expansion I guess (22x turns of the screw), but the interincisal tooth gap itself was considerably smaller, maybe around 2.5mm at most. I don't know why.

Now it's closed again, but you can notice it. Definitely.

hi ST24085! frontal view it's one of my better photos. there are a lot worse. im just too vain to post them here. it is really noticeable. obviously, not in that extent, that people would say "look at this freak", but to that extent that its detrimental to my facial esthetics. to be honest...

Well, as far as I know, plastic surgery often involves the alteration/manipulation of soft-tissue. Shortening the face like in the picture above, I'm certain, would require work done on both soft tissue and bone structure. I don't know... i'm not a doctor.

No, I don't fit into the classic profiles. I don't have an under- nor overbite either, just edge-to-edge. Seems like both jaws are recessed. I have a smaller incisal angle, higher cervicomental angle and an extreme anterior inclination of the mandible, which I forgot to add. Sorry if I was to specif...

Hi anna5, thanks for you response. I'm already in treatment and I will be getting double jaw surgery no matter what. Especially because of the sagittal deficit (see profile). It might not be noticeable as in a majority of strangers could pinpoint what is wrong with your face but more so in a sense t...

Hi, I am 21, male. Currently I am in treatment because of my dysgnathia. My diagnosis is - maxillary retrognathia, narrow upper palate, laterognathia (1mm). My occlusion is far from ideal, but not an under- or overbite. I have a severe edge-to-edge-bite and a onesided crossbite, and some frontal too...