I am not opposed to getting surgery but one of the questions that has been bugging me (I know I should have asked the dr this but I didn't rememeber), is what exactly needs to be done to fix my profile? I have a pretty weak jawline and chin, partly due in fact I think because I have had the second upper molar on my left side removed and the first molar on lower right removed - which is really throwing off the balance in my mouth. Also all of my wisdom teeth were removed at the same time, including two "extra" teeth - for a grand total of 8 removed, and I feel it negatively affected my profile quite a bit.
I've looked at a lot of pictures of others that have the kind of weak jaw that I do but nearly all of them had big overjets/overbites and had lower jaw surgery to correct that and the results look good. Neither orthos mentioned lower jaw surgery for me though, and from what I can see in my mouth that I do not have a very severe overjet or overbite, which makes me confused as to why I have such a weak profile. The only thing that sort of resembles any bad overjet is my one top incisor that is tipped out but I think thats because the two incisors are overlapped and need to be pulled apart.
I can only speculate as to the reasons of why, perhaps the fact that my lower teeth are fairly crowded and narrow, with one cuspid really in a bad spot. My face is a little more narrow on the side with this messed up tooth (it is also the same side with a missing lower molar).
So now I am kind of skeptical if braces will fix my nagging problems with my profile - as weird as it sounds I was hoping an ortho would be recommending lower jaw surgery to help with the profile, but I haven't heard anything about it yet.
Can anyone check out my pictures and xrays and tell me what kind of treatment would give the kind of profile I am hoping for?
