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Had 4 pre-molars extracted and braces put on about 3 years now, and have gotten to the stage where ortho is closing gaps. confirmed that it is camouflage treatment
Have had rubber elastic bands for about 1.5-2 years
Looking at my x-rays I am pretty sure my maxilla has come back a little, although I asked ortho about this and she said the only changes that happened were to the bones around the roots or something, probably lying tho tbh. airways have also narrowed a lot from looking at lat-ceph
My face has also sunk back a little (might be confirmation bias tho), and my lips have defs gotten a lot thinner from the side profile. But according to my ortho most of the facial changes that were going to occur have already happened, which is probably true, and reckons I have 6 months of treatment left
I'm also heavily considering getting MSE + bimax, and I know MSE requires your teeth not having any appliances for a few months, and I'm guessing I will need orthodontics after Bimax anyway, at which point I might just get invisalign
I wanna get 4 implants as I have heard that not having all 32 teeth causes problems later in life, but considering that I extracted my teeth almost 3 years ago, has most of the damage already been done? Or is there still a point to getting implants? If I did get them I'd have to get MSE/DOME first because I have a high-arch narrow palate and can't nose breathe well
thats why I am thinking of just stopping my treatment altogether. interested to hear what you guys think, and if this is a low iq move
Had 4 pre-molars extracted and braces put on about 3 years now, and have gotten to the stage where ortho is closing gaps. confirmed that it is camouflage treatment
Have had rubber elastic bands for about 1.5-2 years
Looking at my x-rays I am pretty sure my maxilla has come back a little, although I asked ortho about this and she said the only changes that happened were to the bones around the roots or something, probably lying tho tbh. airways have also narrowed a lot from looking at lat-ceph
My face has also sunk back a little (might be confirmation bias tho), and my lips have defs gotten a lot thinner from the side profile. But according to my ortho most of the facial changes that were going to occur have already happened, which is probably true, and reckons I have 6 months of treatment left
I'm also heavily considering getting MSE + bimax, and I know MSE requires your teeth not having any appliances for a few months, and I'm guessing I will need orthodontics after Bimax anyway, at which point I might just get invisalign
I wanna get 4 implants as I have heard that not having all 32 teeth causes problems later in life, but considering that I extracted my teeth almost 3 years ago, has most of the damage already been done? Or is there still a point to getting implants? If I did get them I'd have to get MSE/DOME first because I have a high-arch narrow palate and can't nose breathe well
thats why I am thinking of just stopping my treatment altogether. interested to hear what you guys think, and if this is a low iq move
That's why I gotta get all that other stuff done before, which won't be easy. I haven't heard of a Bimax requiring extractions, but I have no doubt there is some idiotic surgeon out there who does them before the surgery. 
