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Good luck for the treatment! You will suffer with Class II elastics and powerchains but at the end it is completly worth it! So about my facial improvements, compared to the bad consequences usually said: - my convex profile become very straight but not concave at all. - the lips don't become thinne...

Hello. I wonder if some in the community had (or will have) like me, extractions of bicuspids to improve the profile (and not for crowding, my crowding wasn't important at all). Because I use to read that extraction of 4 bicuspids is a real devastation for the profile. On the contrary, I'm very happ...

I don't hide that I'd hesitated during the whole treatment about the extractions and I still have a little hesitation as my upper jaw has become smaller (I wrote a post about it, with photos). But when I see the face improvement I think it worth it.

It is different for everyone. I had crooked teeth and an overbite. I had my 4 first premolars removed and it definitely improved my face (above all my profile). A treatment with 4 extractions will change your face but generally in a good way. I admit that my upper arch was a little wider before the ...

Hello everyone! Here's my story. I had slightly crooked teeth and a class II overbite. I had my upper and lower first premolars extracted. I wore braces for 2 years and 8 months, and one year and a half of suffering with rubber bands. I am very happy with the results, on the teeth and on the profile...

I started directly with the extra-heavy (Ram) ones but it depends on the case. I had my 4 first premolars extracted. I wore rubber bands for one year and a half.