How is a short face due to deep bite treated?

[Foreverbrad]

I didnt really understand this, your ortho thinks its possible that the lower jaw will just fall in place and you'll be basically perma jutting?

Essentially yes, correct the occlusion and let the TMJ do the rest. I have doubts.

 

[slice]

Essentially yes, correct the occlusion and let the TMJ do the rest. I have doubts.

I doubt that too, especially if you have a deepbite it may not even be possible to fix the occlusion without surgery

 

[Foreverbrad]

I doubt that too, especially if you have a deepbite it may not even be possible to fix the occlusion without surgery

How would you expect the surgery to fix the deep bite to look?

I thought it would be a CCW rotation of the maxilla to bring the incisors up and the molars down, then some orthodontic fine tuning.

 

[punanslayer123]

Ooh I thought you were talking about there being no surgical options. Kinda scared me there.


This is one of the biggest ascensions I've seen to date:




One last question I have for you since you also happen to have a deep bite:


So we all know that when our molars touch our jaw is shorter. Most deepbiters thus jutt their jaw all the time.


However, there's a third thing I can do with my jaw: I can let it "drop" fully. I then have a huge gap (10mm) between my upper and lower incisors. Can your jaw also drop a lot when you relax it fully?

I have a deep bite and it makes my face look short as fuck. When i was like 15 i decided to just jut it forward as often as possible. Now it feels weird when im not jutting it forward, and my relaxed state is my jaw being held forward, only time i’m not is when im eating

 

[slice]

How would you expect the surgery to fix the deep bite to look?

I thought it would be a CCW rotation of the maxilla to bring the incisors up and the molars down, then some orthodontic fine tuning.

downgraft of the maxilla and vertical genio if needed. Rotation can also increase height but depends on the occlusal plane

 

[Foreverbrad]

downgraft of the maxilla and vertical genio if needed. Rotation can also increase height but depends on the occlusal plane

Maxillary downgraft without BSSO makes sense but also risks an anterior open bite if done without proper consideration.

Need to make sure my ortho and surgeon are actually on the same page.

 

[idkwhattoputhere]

I never understood this.

Apparently doing a CW rotation will only make your deep bite worse.

Yet if I don't do cwr my terribly low gonial angle won't allow for much height increase.

How is it fixable?

lengthening of the mandible to match probablt