In a surprise to nobody, turns out the people in this forum were wrong about elastics, Invisalign, and braces recessing your maxilla

[Deleted member 24002]

Spoke to an orthodontist about the subject today when I was getting x-rays done for my upcoming genioplasty. He said it is true that the pressure of the elastics may have some effect on the growth of the maxilla during puberty when your body is rapidly growing (which is why they wait to a certain age to put them on) but that there is absolutely no way that any pressure from a appliance could move the maxilla as it is not mobile like the mandible, only surgery. And now that I think about it im actually retarted for even asking this question because it makes no sense that your whole mid face (nose, cheeks, eye sockets) can be moved back from elastics pressure once it is already there. I want to know where the people on this forum got this information.

 

[Allornothing]

orthodontist

 

[thereallegend]

that wasn't a very thorough refutation

 

[Deleted member 24002]

True, it is somewhat of a scummy profession as they make these treatment plans for kids that aren't in their best interest with uninformed and trusting parents who will just sign the cheque. And these 12-14 year old kids have no idea what's going on.

 

[Deleted member 24002]

that wasn't a very thorough refutation

At the same time there hasn't been a thorough explanation as to how dental appliances push adult faces back. I would love to hear other explanations.

 

[Deleted member 23558]

 

[Allornothing]

True, it is somewhat of a scummy profession as they make these treatment plans for kids that aren't in their best interest with uninformed and trusting parents who will just sign the cheque. And these 12-14 year old kids have no idea what's going on.

Let’s be real it may limit you behind your genetic potential but no one has a shit maxilla due to braces. Me and my friends who got them are all forward grown. At the end of the day it’s just genes.

 

[Deleted member 24002]

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Just going off what an orthodontist told me. They weren't trying to sell me anything and had no incentive to mislead, I asked out of curiosity. What is the refute to this?

 

[Deleted member 22063]

Most PSL orthodontists if not all of them are spouting speculative nonsense. They say the most random shit about the same face.

 

[Deleted member 22930]

I was robbed of my maxilla by the ortho-jew

 

[Deleted member 24002]

I was robbed of my maxilla by the ortho-jew

Brutal. What age did you have braces?

 

[Deleted member 24002]

Most PSL orthodontists if not all of them are spouting speculative nonsense. They say the most random shit about the same face.

Yeah bro, but then again the real orthodontists have no care for aesthetics most of the time.

 

[Deleted member 22930]

Brutal. What age did you have braces?

15-16