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my ortho told me the muscles under there atrophy and that leads to this effect. I had braces and experienced the same thing, Later went away once they were removed. NOw in braces again and I have the hollowness again. Do you have molar build ups?

Hello everyone, I am too a "victim" of the extraction of four premolars. They were removed bc of some crowding. I have asked various professionals about what options i have to reverse this and restore my facial aesthetics ( get full face and lips back!) as it used to be before i got teeth...

I am reopenning my spaces and my profile is coming back a bit. I say a bit because I barely have 1 mm on my top arc on both sides. I had flared teeth after first braces and wanted it gone, but I much hated the result of the extractions. However my current ortho wants to open the spaces 4-5 mm, widen...

Thank you! Don't hesitate asking your ortho to follow the evolution of your profile at each appointment. How far did your front teeth come back? Nearly 8 millimeters in both jaws. Did you have Tads? Because it's nearly impossible to have the front come back 8 mm, it's just physics, the rears will c...

Protrusion is normal for a lot of ethnicities.
Orthodontists need to recognize this and stop ruining peoples faces.

if no ortho will treat you witout extractions, I would
1. leave my teeth alone
2. get the extractions.

You're faxe still grows as you get older, and it would be nice to have room later on to straighten teeth.

I got a bad draw. I sudffered almost all the effects on the list sleep apnea jaw pain longer narrower facre premature aging thinning of face. It's very saddening because as I look over my old photos, it seems to have started 6 months into my treatment. And even though I'm undergoing reversal, I dont...

One year after debanding : all is ok. My lips and my mouth are still perfectly competent. My face hadn't become thinner at all. I am definitely very happy with the results and I don't regret at all to have chosen the extraction route. Good luck with your treatment all of you! Thank you for sharing ...

I am in the same situation. I've lost all interest in doing anything. My face is longer and narrower and so much thinner, I gained 20 lbs and nothing changed. I'm currently in braces again hoping my jaw pain will go away and my sleeping gets better. I hope my face gets better, but at this point who ...

So I wanted to update this thread, my braces came off 1 year ago and my face looks horrible. The bottom part of my face is so sunken and my cheek bones protrude and I have a ton of excess skin. I currently have braces on and am reopening the spaces. Oh no this is scary. Did you have excessive crowd...

My extractions have opened almost 1 mm and already my face is not as gaunt looking. Of course I have the brackets on that help, but my cheeks look a little fuller.
Nov 8 is my next appt. and my ortho will begin to widen my arc to it's orginal width.

I cannot figure a way to post photos here.
Do have to host them somewhere?

Thank you for your reply. I am currently undergoing reversing the extractions. I am lucky that my teeth have not suffered any root resorption. My current ortho is reopening the spaces with ovation c brackets and springs. I t was hard to find an ortodontist to do this, many will tel you it can only b...

Ortho simply agreed to rotate it.

So I wanted to update this thread, my braces came off 1 year ago and my face looks horrible. The bottom part of my face is so sunken and my cheek bones protrude and I have a ton of excess skin. I currently have braces on and am reopening the spaces.