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#1 Post by **rcsw6** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 3:57 pm

I have an overbite and my lower teeth have crept forward over the years to compensate. So I am getting braces (uppers on tomorrow) and having surgery further down the line. I am concerned that my ortho has suggested going ahead without extractions, but I just cannot see where my teeth are going move without gaps to move into. Has anyone got any advice they can gve?

#2 Post by **joney** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 4:25 pm

Check out the surgery section of the forum, lots of people had surgery done and didn't have extractions. I think they move one or both parts of the jaw forward in order to make sure the bite and alignment is correct. Sorry I don't know much about this myself but there are a few people there who had braces and surgery to correct overbites.

Regards
Joney