Before & After

9 year old female

PROBLEM:

• Upper jaw too far back and too narrow for the lower jaw
• Front teeth in crossbite
• Mild crowding

TREATMENT

• Widen upper jaw with an appliance
• Increase forward growth of the upper jaw with the protraction headgear
• Upper and lower braces for 21 months to straighten teeth and correct bite
• No extractions needed

  Before                                                 After

          

13 year old male

PROBLEM

• Upper jaw and teeth too far forward compared to the lower
• Too much upper front teeth showing below the upper lip
• Unable to close lips together without strain
• Lower teeth biting into roof of the mouth * Moderate lower crowding

TREATMENT

• Extraction of four premolars (bicuspids)
• Headgear to reduce forward and downward upper jaw growth
• Upper and lower braces - 25 months

  Before                                                 After

           

 

 

30 year old female

PROBLEM

• Severe crowding
• Narrow upper jaw
• Open bite involving the front teeth
• Too much upper teeth showing below the upper lip
• Unable to close lips together without straining

TREATMENT

• Extraction of wisdom teeth and four premolars (bicuspids)
• Upper and lower braces for 25 months
• Will still need crowns on several back teeth

 Before                                                    After

          

 

27 year old male

PROBLEM

• Lower jaw too small for upper jaw
• Lower teeth biting into roof of upper jaw
• Upper front teeth tipped in
• Moderate crowding
• Missing one premolar (bicuspid)
• Dental midline not centered with facial midline

TREATMENT

• Extraction of wisdom teeth and three premolars (bicuspids)
• Upper and lower braces for 36 months
• Surgery to lengthen the lower jaw
• Will need bridge on lower left back teeth

  Before                                                   After

          

 

11 year old male

PROBLEM

• Lower jaw too small for upper jaw
• Upper teeth and jaw too far forward
• Anterior lower teeth biting into roof of upper jaw

TREATMENT

• Headgear 14 hrs. a day for 12 months to restrict upper jaw growth, and allow lower jaw to catch up
• Appliance to open bite
• Upper and lower braces for 22 months
• No extractions required

 Before                                                    After

               

    

                                                                                                                        

28 year old male

PROBLEM

• Severely constricted upper jaw with crossbite
• Mild crowding
• Upper jaw too long

 

TREATMENT

 

• Surgery to widen the upper jaw and reduce the length of the jaw
• Braces upper and lower 36 months

  Before                                              After