face change

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joele
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face change

#1 Post by joele »

Has anyone noticed the shape of their face change with braces?
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#2 Post by platinum »

jep.

I had a deepbite, and my premolars and molars were extruded. My face looks thinner now. It is bit annoying people asking if I have lost weight. I have not, so some changes in my face unfortunately.
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#3 Post by Lisa65 »

I have a class II malocclusion and my lower jaw is set slightly too far back, making my chin look slightly receding. Now that my teeth are biting together differently I have noticed a very slight improvement in my profile. I look like I have more of a chin than I did. It's subtle though.
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Cor1
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Yup!!!

#4 Post by Cor1 »

Youuuuuuuu betcha, I now have very prominent cheekbones.............I LUV IT!!!!

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zero
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#5 Post by zero »

for it it was my lips since i had a open bite my teeth never touched in the front and my bottom lip looked very thin...now that I have braces my lip sticks out like its supposed I'm happy with it
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BobKitten
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#6 Post by BobKitten »

i asked my ortho this question before she put on my fixed ceramics, and she said that she didn't think they produce that much of a change to one's face shape.... however, i feel my cheekbones and eyes are much more prominent now and my face is much more even, which is a bonus!!

i suspect it's due to my lower teeth being pushed back into line (my teeth clashed when i bit down, rather than having the slight occlusion overbite.. which i didn't know i needed!), so my chin and jaw are where it's supposed to be now. yet another positive result of having braces!
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nickym
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#7 Post by nickym »

Yes! My face shape has changed a lot, my face looks thinner and my cheek bones are more defined. I really like it! :0)
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cosmicgirl
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#8 Post by cosmicgirl »

My face was very narrow to start with and it doesn't look any rounder - shame! However, the braces have helped plump up my lips so I now have a killer pout without resorting to collagen implants! My chin looked quite heavy too but now looks a bit pointier. I have become so vain since being braced - constantly looking in the mirror to see if my teeth have moved and taking pictures of my horrible mouth so I suppose I'm more aware of my features, but yes, I am looking different!
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#9 Post by platinum »

The problem with thinner face, prominent cheeks is that you look older...
Does not really matter when you are in your twenties but later....
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BobKitten
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#10 Post by BobKitten »

cosmicgirl wrote:I have become so vain since being braced - constantly looking in the mirror to see if my teeth have moved and taking pictures of my horrible mouth...
phew! not just me, then!! :-#)
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#11 Post by jennielee81 »

Went from a deep bite and a 4mm overjet to a perfect bite and no overjet.

NO FACE CHANGES here.

That's fine.

Any changes would have been for the better if there had been any.

Nice teeth, nice face shape!
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I wore Damon 3's and Opals for 20 months at age 42. Braces off January 2007
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Nancy51
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#12 Post by Nancy51 »

My ortho had casually mentioned, "Oh, yes, we'll be seeing some facial changes." Because I'm in this for a fuller arch--a speech issue for me--I didn't inquire what the changes might be. After reading the earlier threads to which kk referred, I was disappointed that the change would be a narrowing of the face. :(

On the other hand, some posters thought that the narrowing was a temporary result of braces-enforced dieting. In that case, I can look forward to larding up after de-bracing day. :lol:

What really creeped me out was the disagreement between one poster's ortho and her perio about whether braces move bone. :shock: Would this question really be a matter of opinion? Surely they would know and so agree?
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