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I'm 7 months into treatment for bimaxillary protrusion. I got 4 premolars extracted. But I'm a little worried because my gaps are almost closed; it looks like there's almost no space left to retract my teeth anymore, but there hasn't been much change in my protrusion. (The only change seems to be th...

Hi pearlyteeth, Just saw your other posts as well as this one and wanted to weigh in since I started treatment a couple months ago for the same problem. (Looking at your pictures, though, I see that mine's more severe.) That's why orthodontists only suggested first premolars for me; none said anythi...

Hi everyone, I've searched the board to learn more about bimaxillary protrusion treatment, but I haven't really found any recent posts from those undergoing it. I was wondering- for anyone currently going through treatment (or has gone through it already) with extractions and no surgery, how much of...

Thanks for all of your help! I'm going back to my orthodontist on Tuesday (I didn't have a chance to go before) to get everything cleared up, so when I find out, I'll let you know. =)

I have crowding in my lower teeth but my top teeth are very straight. I decided to fix my crowding only and not my bite or anything else, and went in to get my braces thinking that I'd be getting braces on my bottom teeth only. (I had had a consult with another orthodontist who works in the same pla...