Are upper teeth separate of the maxilla?

[poppytertia]

Does moving the upper teeth backwards with elastics during orthodontics (but without extractions) push back the maxilla too? Or is it like the lower teeth where they move separately of the mandible?

 

[Filippo]

If you are still growing yes

 

[poppytertia]

If you are still growing yes

But if you're not?

 

[Filippo]

But if you're not?

I don't think so

 

[DR. NICKGA]

Meoww elastic braces (3 years) changed me face badly