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[quote="audax719"] I'm currently in talks with a dentofacial orthopaedic/ orthodontic specialist in the Washington DC area. Consulting a periodontist too to see if I can reopen the extraction spaces and get 4 implants. It's costly and time consuming, but im 27, and hopefully will lead a fu...

Thanks for posting about the DNA Appliance -- it's something I'd been looking into as a possible solution for sleep apnea caused by an overly narrow upper jaw due in part to tooth extractions, but the price is insane and I haven't found enough solid research to justify it.

Hello, new user here. I'm 47 years old, and have been through the orthodontic wars. A maxillary expander for a bilateral posterior crossbite, back in the early 70s when I don't think they really knew what they were doing quite yet. In any event, it didn't work. First bicuspids extracted and standard...