Metal Mouth Message Board

Hi there, What was the cause of your open bite initially? I too currently have braces on and will be having jaw surgery within the year and am concerned that a relapse will happen if some habits that caused the open bite or occurred as a reflex to it are not addressed (in my case a tongue thrusting ...

I am in the same situation as you and am glad to read you have had such great progress!

Depending on the class of open bite surgery is sometimes the best method. From literature, I think that Class 3 had the best success rate (>80% stability), while class 1+2 were only at 60%. I was on the same boat as you, wanting to do any methods that are not surgery. Initially I saw a couple orthos...