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My palate is slanted. My right upper molars are 3–5mm higher than my left upper molars.
This tilted palate alone has caused all sorts of asymmetry issues. Because my left upper molars are lower, the left side has a much stronger bite force than the right. The right side has a weaker bite force that renders it pretty much useless for chewing meat. As a result, I chew hard foods on the left, and the left side of my jaw is bigger than the right side of my jaw. Not only is the massetter muscle larger on the left, there’s also more bone mass on that side of the mandible.
Mike Mew made a video about how IPD is correlated with bite strength. Well, my left eye is actually farther out from the center of my nose bridge than my right eye. Maybe it’s because of the chewing asymmetry, but I don’t know for sure.
And since my palate is lower on the left, my left nostril is always clear while my right nostril is harder to breathe through, because the left side has more space in the nasal cavity. Furthermore, my slanted palate causes food to gather up on the right half of my palate when I swallow with my tongue, which vaults the right half of my palate, worsening the asymmetry and causing discomfort.
Left mirrored
Right mirrored
As you can see, the left side of my face mogs the right side into oblivion.
Are these bone structural asymmetries fixable naturally? I’m about to turn 16.
EDIT: I sleep on my back most of the time.
This tilted palate alone has caused all sorts of asymmetry issues. Because my left upper molars are lower, the left side has a much stronger bite force than the right. The right side has a weaker bite force that renders it pretty much useless for chewing meat. As a result, I chew hard foods on the left, and the left side of my jaw is bigger than the right side of my jaw. Not only is the massetter muscle larger on the left, there’s also more bone mass on that side of the mandible.
Mike Mew made a video about how IPD is correlated with bite strength. Well, my left eye is actually farther out from the center of my nose bridge than my right eye. Maybe it’s because of the chewing asymmetry, but I don’t know for sure.
And since my palate is lower on the left, my left nostril is always clear while my right nostril is harder to breathe through, because the left side has more space in the nasal cavity. Furthermore, my slanted palate causes food to gather up on the right half of my palate when I swallow with my tongue, which vaults the right half of my palate, worsening the asymmetry and causing discomfort.
Left mirrored
Right mirrored
As you can see, the left side of my face mogs the right side into oblivion.
Are these bone structural asymmetries fixable naturally? I’m about to turn 16.
EDIT: I sleep on my back most of the time.
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