I NEED QUESTIONS ANSWERED ON MY PALATE EXPANDER

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Hi

I just had my palate expander done this week

It’s a regular one

The orthodontist target for a 8mm expansion

I have few questions:

1: Will it stimulate forward growth to my maxilla ? Looking for 2mm, which by the way if it does will help in correcting my bumpy ethnic nose (it’s slightly bumpy, not much)

2 : I am 17, just turned 17, my bones age are 18 (this is due to growing up fat), will the regular palate expander (no marpe / mse) stimulate maxilla as I want it to ?
 
Hi

I just had my palate expander done this week

It’s a regular one

The orthodontist target for a 8mm expansion

I have few questions:

1: Will it stimulate forward growth to my maxilla ? Looking for 2mm, which by the way if it does will help in correcting my bumpy ethnic nose (it’s slightly bumpy, not much)

2 : I am 17, just turned 17, my bones age are 18 (this is due to growing up fat), will the regular palate expander (no marpe / mse) stimulate maxilla as I want it to ?
1: a regular expander won't reliably stimulate forward growth especially due to your age and your fused suture. MSE/MARPE would work better for something like this. also, it won't be enough to fix a nose bump, just get rhino for that stuff.

2: probably not.
 
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i believe the palate expander just splits your mid-palatal suture causing changes in the width of your maxilla not necessarily forward growth if lucky maybe very subtle, although you will see a significant difference in your zygo projection
 
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i believe the palate expander just splits your mid-palatal suture causing changes in the width of your maxilla not necessarily forward growth if lucky maybe very subtle, although you will see a significant difference in your zygo projection
youll essentially have a wider midface and cheekbones appear morw prominent
 
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1: a regular expander won't reliably stimulate forward growth especially due to your age and your fused suture. MSE/MARPE would work better for something like this. also, it won't be enough to fix a nose bump, just get rhino for that stuff.

2: probably not.
Thanks.
 
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youll essentially have a wider midface and cheekbones appear morw prominent
I think only mse and marpe does this
Stuff like rpe I think doesn't
 
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Id assume wider jaw too no?
upper jaw (maxilla) is widened meaning wider midface, not lower jaw (mandible) if thats what u mean by wider jaw
 
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