i had no idea that ones face could change from having braces put on, but now it makes sense because i REALLY noticed my face changing during the time i was wearing braces. after a little research i discovered it's not too uncommon for some people to have negative facial changes from having braces. i thought i was somehow aging rapidly at the time, but within the first year of being braced i felt like i looked really different than before i had them put on to where it didn't really make sense because i was only 21-22 years old.
this is what i'm referring to - to the left is before braces, to the right is about 6 months to a year after having them put on (prior to decompensation for surgery) what happened there?
https://imgur.com/a/kTsHp
me now
https://imgur.com/a/bqyG3
old bite (for reference)
https://imgur.com/a/mSAy2
warning: braces changed my face for the worse before having jaw surgery
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Re: warning: braces changed my face for the worse before having jaw surgery
It's really hard to tell from those photographs, especially the one with poor lighting on the right, but it does look as though you have put on some weight which you may be attributing to braces somehow.
Dan
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Re: warning: braces changed my face for the worse before having jaw surgery
In order to perform jaw surgery, an oral surgeon may instruct the orthondontist (or vice-versa) to position the teeth in a specific configuration in order to:
a) Make the surgery easier for the surgeon. E.g. positioning the roots of teeth away from the locations of cuts in bone.
b) Set the teeth up in such a way that the bite will be 'perfect' immediately after the surgery, usually with some minor orthodontic tweaks (like positioning the roots back into place). Prior to surgery, the bite will be purposely be 'imperfect,' which can temporarily affect aesthetics.
My surgeon created a pre-surgical plan that did both of these things to correct my anterior bite with a segmented le-fort 1. By definition, my bite was incorrect immediately prior to the surgery. This was part of the plan. Your case looks very similar to mine (you said so yourself on another forum), so I'm sure what I've explained applies to you as well. It doesn't matter how you looked during your treatment prior to jaw surgery. You look great now, that's all that matters. Stop stressing over it!
a) Make the surgery easier for the surgeon. E.g. positioning the roots of teeth away from the locations of cuts in bone.
b) Set the teeth up in such a way that the bite will be 'perfect' immediately after the surgery, usually with some minor orthodontic tweaks (like positioning the roots back into place). Prior to surgery, the bite will be purposely be 'imperfect,' which can temporarily affect aesthetics.
My surgeon created a pre-surgical plan that did both of these things to correct my anterior bite with a segmented le-fort 1. By definition, my bite was incorrect immediately prior to the surgery. This was part of the plan. Your case looks very similar to mine (you said so yourself on another forum), so I'm sure what I've explained applies to you as well. It doesn't matter how you looked during your treatment prior to jaw surgery. You look great now, that's all that matters. Stop stressing over it!