Braces for deepbite

[prayingtoascend]

Hey guys,

I’m 16 and tomorrow I’m getting braces again. I had braces from around age 11–13, but my old orthodontist only focused on making my teeth straight and didn’t really address my bite. After treatment, I got a fixed retainer behind my lower teeth, but it broke around 6 times while eating normal food. It was super frustrating (and expensive each time), so eventually we decided to stop fixing it. About a year later, I noticed my front teeth (upper and lower front) had shifted again.

Now I’m with a new orthodontist who told me I actually have a deep bite that needs to be corrected, and she managed to get insurance to cover it.

My concerns:

• I worry that correcting my deep bite might make my face look more recessed.
• Currently, my upper front teeth overlap my lowers too much.
• I’ve also noticed that my tongue posture isn’t ideal (it sits more in the middle instead of on the palate). When I try proper tongue posture, breathing feels a bit restricted.

Questions:

1. Will fixing a deep bite with braces make my side/front profile worse?
2. How is a deep bite usually corrected in orthodontics?
3. Does it only intrude/extrude teeth, or can it affect the jaw position too?

I just don’t want to end up looking worse after this treatment. Any experiences or advice would be really helpful.

Thanks.

 

[prayingtoascend]

Please help

Hey guys,

I’m 16 and tomorrow I’m getting braces again. I had braces from around age 11–13, but my old orthodontist only focused on making my teeth straight and didn’t really address my bite. After treatment, I got a fixed retainer behind my lower teeth, but it broke around 6 times while eating normal food. It was super frustrating (and expensive each time), so eventually we decided to stop fixing it. About a year later, I noticed my front teeth (upper and lower front) had shifted again.

Now I’m with a new orthodontist who told me I actually have a deep bite that needs to be corrected, and she managed to get insurance to cover it.

My concerns:

• I worry that correcting my deep bite might make my face look more recessed.
• Currently, my upper front teeth overlap my lowers too much.
• I’ve also noticed that my tongue posture isn’t ideal (it sits more in the middle instead of on the palate). When I try proper tongue posture, breathing feels a bit restricted.

Questions:

1. Will fixing a deep bite with braces make my side/front profile worse?
2. How is a deep bite usually corrected in orthodontics?
3. Does it only intrude/extrude teeth, or can it affect the jaw position too?

I just don’t want to end up looking worse after this treatment. Any experiences or advice would be really helpful.

Thanks.

 

[prayingtoascend]

bump

 

[prayingtoascend]

Bump ):

 

[why not me?]

Ask for molar extrusion. Braces wont correct the core issue anyway, unless if she Puts rubber bands on your molars to extrude them.

 

[prayingtoascend]

Bump

 

[FLYlowHIGHlow]

Dont get camouflaged

 

[prayingtoascend]

Dont get camouflaged

I want the deep bite fully corrected, not just a cosmetic fix for the front teeth.