Yes
how would one make it develop to its fullest potential?
Be born ten thousand years ago. If you're not a baby, MSE can help with lateral expansion to some degree, and protraction can help with forward growth to an even smaller degree. Otherwise, there is lefort 3.
For teens there are other orthodontic devices too as long as you're still growing.
A removable palate expander or rapid palate expander will not do much at all at age 16, and the amount of expansion that can be done without causing peridontal problems is small. You'll need a bone-borne expander if you want significant expansion.
Where could i get a bone-born expander? and do you recommend anything I should b doing for my maxilla, both my parents have good maxilla's idk why mines is shit
It's not like it's gonna suddenly give you a wide face if you don't already have one, but there's still some aesthetic benefits of it (considering if you need one in the first place, your skull didn't develop properly or to it's full potential).
as in u never had them or theyre just stuck? my ortho said if i dont get them removed theyll impact the 2nd molars
I just turned 16, and idk if my bone plates are open but my growth plates are. what aesthethic benefits could i get from a palate expandfer? i just wanna make my narrow jaw wider like my fathers.
They're not impacted, I've had an X-ray done, my upper wisdom teeth are just dormant
If you could know if your maxillar and lower jaw sutures are open that would be ideal for you, but you'd have to get x-rays for that, if they're at a young age that would be great news for ya. Also are you looking to expand the upper or lower jaw then? Cause there are different expansion methods for each one
uhhh, my mandible. just the general width of my lower-third is what i needed widened. lets say they are at a young age, what should i go to my ortho and get? he already said the palate expander would barley change my face and lower-third
and no expectations of problems in the future? ive had pressure in my upper ones but now im contemplating if i even need them removed......................
Well it's easier to expand the upper jaw than the lower. It's not likely you would suddenly get a wide jaw if you have a narrow one with an expander at that age too. However, there are expansion methods for the lower jaw which don't require a certain age to get, but you'd also most likely have to adjust the upper jaw along with it due to avoiding bite problems.
No, I didn't even know my wisdom teeth grew in at one point, no pain at all
Ideally you'd get a myofunctional device. Otherwise, you'd check if a children's expander like this would still work for you:
Okay, is there any non-surgical things you recommend I should be doing besides mewing?
Chewing hard foods or a rubber toy every day is great for extracting the rest of the development you can from that. There's also thumbpulling but then again you'd have to have a lot of discipline and time to do it consistently.
It could have easily just been a genetic thing
perhaps, i mean some people dont even grow any wisdom teeth
