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i don't know if anyone can answer me that, probably not, but i'm wondering, what can happen when your upper arch is wider than the lower one? is it actually dangerous/ unhealthy or it just looks weird and can feel uncomfortable and nothing more? i have a dental expander but only for my upper teeth, ...

[quote="kellybean"]You look perfect to me! but I am worried about the same thing. I'm getting my braces on in about 2 weeks and I have been worrying about how much room the extractions I have had (upper 2nd bicuspids) will make and potentially flatten out my face and my full lips. I can sa...

oh and i already wore this while i was heading home from another city so it took a while, maybe two hours, and my incisors hurt so yes right it doesn't push them back at all, no

i've talked with my orthodontist, of course he didn't agree that i need braces (well he's right, i had straight teeth. SO WHAT), he said i should wear my old retainer (it barely fits and it hurts as hell) all day/all night and then visit him again after 3 months, i don't know if i want to do that, i...

don't make the same mistake, wear your retainer, next one i'm going to wear for the rest of my life swear to god...

i'm going to an orthodontist in the next week, i'll probably need braces sooner or later anyway because my lower arch is already wider in the back than the upper arch, why didn't i just wear my retainer, honestly i don't know what i was expecting

[quote="sirwired"]I would not just fit your old palatal exapnder in and call it a day. Any orthodontist can fabricate a new retainer for you; you don't have to work with your old one. (Heck our general dentist made a new retainer for my wife...)[/quote] i think i could get a new expander b...

can i post a link to a topic on a different forum or is that forbidden?

i found that thing i had once, you can screw it (i don't know if it's the right word, sry) and it becomes wider, i was wearing that some years ago and been told to do it every week i think but then i decided with my orthodontist i'll be wearing braces again so i stopped using this, it still fits whe...

i'm sorry if this is not understable and really vague, i'm not a native english speaker, anyway, about a half year ago when i decided to stop wearing my retainer (after two years) my front upper teeth started to tilt slightly inward (also my arch has become much more narrow), it was very weird and c...