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Are extractions worth it if you want to go the surgical route to fix your profile? I have a dental overbite and an underdeveloped lower mandible but my teeth are in proper position so i don't have an overjet. If i want to get my profile fixed i will need extractions on my lower teeth to create an ov...

[quote="Jason245"]You can still ask the 3 doctors. Other questions I asked were about retainers (I wanted permenant, a HAwley and a Essix mostly because this was second time through for me and I stopped first time because retainer broke..and DO NOT want to ever go through this again), and ...

[quote="Jason245"]Here is a silly question: What are the qualifications and years in practice of each of the three? How much experience do they have with cases like yours? As an aside, traditional braces can treat everything that invisilign can at a lower proce, invisilign can not treat ev...

I feel like my case is a lot more complicated. I should go for maybe one or two more consultations i feel.

[quote="Tyrantblade"]It seems likely that you will need oral surgery to get the best, if you don't you could maybe still end up with a good result. But I'm no expert so this is just speculation, I would probably go with the 3rd and see how things go, hopefully they go better than expected ...

What i've noticed about myself: -class II division 2 -if i bite down and try to open my mouth from the bite position i have lock jaw. If i open wide, my jaw slides forward slightly and clicks on the left side. And from this jutted position, if i try to bite down again, i hit my reclined front two te...