Herbst appliance at 15

[bap_21z]

Does anyone knows if it's worth it? I'm 15 bone age 13, probably getting herbst ts month

 

[lollllsub5]

Gave me a really good jawline. Probably the most effective ortho appliance imo. But it only projects your mandible forward and very slightly (and disproportionately) your maxilla which is indirectly

 

[Netrunner]

It works, get it if you have an overbite/overjet. It's not retractive, so its good.

 

[bap_21z]

It works, get it if you have an overbite/overjet. It's not retractive, so its good.

I have recessed jaw, do u think it may fix it?

 

[Netrunner]

I have recessed jaw, do u think it may fix it?

do you have an overjet or overbite ? It won't do anything for the maxilla obviously, but it will bring the mandible forwards.

 

[bap_21z]

do you have an overjet or overbite ? It won't do anything for the maxilla obviously, but it will bring the mandible forwards.

Yeah, skeletal overbite.

 

[bap_21z]

do you have an overjet or overbite ? It won't do anything for the maxilla obviously, but it will bring the mandible forwards.

Mb i don't have a overbite, i have a jaw recession.

 

[Netrunner]

Mb i don't have a overbite, i have a jaw recession.

look kid, when you close your mouth and bite down, if your lower front teeth(incisors, they are called) are sitting further back more than 2-3mm than your upper inicsors, if you have what is called an overjet. It is caused by a recessed mandible. If you have this condition, herbst appliance will correct it.

Just google an overjet/overbite(they are not the same thing but they usually accompany each other, an overbite is when you bite down and your upper incisors from a frontal perspective cover more than approximately half the length of your lower incisors,but almost everyone with an overjet has also some degree of overbite and vice-versa), and compare it to see what you have.

Or just go to an orthodontist.

Avoid elastics, and DONT EVER GET PREMOLAR EXTRACTIONS.