Reversing Bicuspid Extractions and Depressed!
Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2017 3:20 pm
Hello everyone, so frustrating, this is my second time writing this again.
So I will start this off by jumping right in just like what the title says. When I was 15 years old I had braces to correct my crooked teeth, but before I got the braces I had to two bicuspids removed from the top, because the orthodontist said my upper jaw was too small and there was no space. However shortly, after getting my braces off when I was 17yrs old I did not like my smile because my smile was very and narrow and it had the sunken in look from the side. Fast forward a few years when I was 23 years old. I met with an orthodontist and had the reversal orthodontics done on my mouth.
The first step was to use a sagittal appliance in my mouth to open some space for the molars and also to increase width of jaw. This took me about 1 year to achieve. After I had the space for molars to be opened up he put braces on my teeth that would open up the extraction space more as well as widen my jaw. This is currently the stage I am at now 1 year 6 months.
However I am not happy with the results at all one of the biggest reasons is because my front teeth are slanted outward too high to the point that I cant see them when my mouth is at rest (making me very depressed). 2 months ago ago he told me that he could pull the top teeth down by 3mm. However at the last appointment when I asked again for him to pull again he said " I am not an artist that is working with a blank sheet, if you want your teeth to look a certain way you are going to need jaw surgery". When he told me that it really, disturbed me especially since before he told me that it was possible to bring my teeth down more and remove the flare look so that they are more visible instead of hidden under my lip.
I will be getting my braces off in summer and then implants. However this is emotionally and mentally draining on me because of the fact that I could see my top teeth before, but now I cant because they are slanted and on an angle. I don't know what I should do anymore and its making me even more depressed. I keep thinking that I am going to need jaw surgery, however I do not want to get surgery done on my jaws just for aesthetic purposes all I want is to be able to see my teeth like before. Please if you have any recommendations let me know or just chime in. I will post picture of my current teeth position below
Can anyone recommend orthodontists in the Los Angeles and Southern California area?
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So I will start this off by jumping right in just like what the title says. When I was 15 years old I had braces to correct my crooked teeth, but before I got the braces I had to two bicuspids removed from the top, because the orthodontist said my upper jaw was too small and there was no space. However shortly, after getting my braces off when I was 17yrs old I did not like my smile because my smile was very and narrow and it had the sunken in look from the side. Fast forward a few years when I was 23 years old. I met with an orthodontist and had the reversal orthodontics done on my mouth.
The first step was to use a sagittal appliance in my mouth to open some space for the molars and also to increase width of jaw. This took me about 1 year to achieve. After I had the space for molars to be opened up he put braces on my teeth that would open up the extraction space more as well as widen my jaw. This is currently the stage I am at now 1 year 6 months.
However I am not happy with the results at all one of the biggest reasons is because my front teeth are slanted outward too high to the point that I cant see them when my mouth is at rest (making me very depressed). 2 months ago ago he told me that he could pull the top teeth down by 3mm. However at the last appointment when I asked again for him to pull again he said " I am not an artist that is working with a blank sheet, if you want your teeth to look a certain way you are going to need jaw surgery". When he told me that it really, disturbed me especially since before he told me that it was possible to bring my teeth down more and remove the flare look so that they are more visible instead of hidden under my lip.
I will be getting my braces off in summer and then implants. However this is emotionally and mentally draining on me because of the fact that I could see my top teeth before, but now I cant because they are slanted and on an angle. I don't know what I should do anymore and its making me even more depressed. I keep thinking that I am going to need jaw surgery, however I do not want to get surgery done on my jaws just for aesthetic purposes all I want is to be able to see my teeth like before. Please if you have any recommendations let me know or just chime in. I will post picture of my current teeth position below
Can anyone recommend orthodontists in the Los Angeles and Southern California area?
http://imageshack.com/a/img922/9295/WZw9MB.jpg
http://imageshack.com/a/img924/7811/vEYZgr.jpg
http://imageshack.com/a/img924/9610/vXpi9q.jpg
http://imageshack.com/a/img924/2056/PnogrO.jpg
http://imageshack.com/a/img923/3479/wR86ax.jpg