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Hi everyone. I was wondering if there are any members here who went through arch expansion to expand a narrow arch, but not to reopen prior extraction sites. ( i mean expansion in people who still have all of their teeth) Just curious to see how much can be expected / realistic for people who still ...

I am a newbie in orthodontic land, but this post made me laugh out loud!

i have an Class II overbite as well as a narrow upper plate, and some TMJ issues. I've never had braces as a kid. Along with my issues I hate how narrow my smile is (aesthetic reasons). I'm wearing splints because my ortho wanted a less invasive approach first, because even though I have a list of p...

If your teeth are tipped in towards your tongue, then i think the answer is yes. I'm going through a slow expansion at the moment and my ortho said he'd finish off with braces, which would also help with uprighting the teeth making my arch a little wider. (mine are really really tipped in, especiall...

Sorry, just realized I wasn't able to post links. You'll have to copy & paste the entire link to your browser, otherwise it says the article couldn't be found.

I found a study online, that looks promising if anyone wants to check it out. I'm very sceptical about expansion without surgery, but there seems to be a few cases where more than a few mm's were achieved, and it looks doesn't look like it was just teeth tipping. http://www.angle.org/doi/pdf/10.1043...

Hi everyone, I was wondering if any adults here have had success with non-surgical palate expansion - without SARPE surgery i mean. If yes, 1- was it Rapid or Slow Expansion? 2- how long was your treatment duration ( for the expansion) 3- how much expansion did you achieve? I'm going through a slow ...

I have always been told that i would need surgery to advance my lower jaw. My gap isn't terribly big, it's around 7mm I think, but still enough to give me terrible TMJ issues, grinding, locked jaw and everything else that can happen. I must admit I was very sceptical with the twin block initially, a...

I have a twin block at the moment, supposedly doing two things simultaneously. 1_ It is moving my lower jaw forward 2- It's expanding my palate - both upper and lower. From what i read, it sounds like your ortho wants you to use it to advance your lower jaw. If that is the case, it wouldn't be unusu...

i'm very interested in knowing the success rate in adult palatal expansion without surgery.
I'm wearing a twin block at the moment, and turning the screw every seven days. Only 2 turns so far, so i haven't noticed any expansion yet, will have to wait to see how well it works i guess.