My palate width is 49mm which is on the wider side but my smile still looks kinda narrow

[justlurkingaround]

How? I measured it through the intermolar width because a thread said it was like that, but what i got seems to be wider than what's ideal, somehow my smile doesnt look wide at all.

Can someone tell me if i measured wrong, or if the ideal width is different?

 

[imontheloose]

A smile isn’t just teeth, it’s determined by soft-tissue dynamics too. Did you measure the palatal cups or second molars instead of the first molars?

Even if you have 5cm width, you could just have a short inter-commissure distance, or you might even have a yaw/cant of the maxilla so one side hides the back teeth. There are many reasons, is what I’m getting at.

Consider commisuroplasty after dental options get exhausted.

 

[Deleted member 210152]

How? I measured it through the intermolar width because a thread said it was like that, but what i got seems to be wider than what's ideal, somehow my smile doesnt look wide at all.View attachment 4175131
Can someone tell me if i measured wrong, or if the ideal width is different

If your smile looks narrow visit a orthodontist for expanders. Because it could be a bite problem (Click the thingy on the right to mark as solution)

 

[imontheloose]

A smile isn’t just teeth, it’s determined by soft-tissue dynamics too. Did you measure the palatal cups or second molars instead of the first molars?

Even if you have 5cm width, you could just have a short inter-commissure distance, or you might even have a yaw/cant of the maxilla so one side hides the back teeth. There are many reasons, is what I’m getting at.

Consider commisuroplasty after dental options get exhausted.

If your smile looks narrow visit an orthodontist for expanders. Because it could be a bite problem (Click the thingy on the right to mark as solution)

 

[mitzimiau]

How? I measured it through the intermolar width because a thread said it was like that, but what i got seems to be wider than what's ideal, somehow my smile doesnt look wide at all.View attachment 4175131
Can someone tell me if i measured wrong, or if the ideal width is different?

maybe wider teeth or bigger teeth

 

[justlurkingaround]

A smile isn’t just teeth, it’s determined by soft-tissue dynamics too. Did you measure the palatal cups or second molars instead of the first molars?

Even if you have 5cm width, you could just have a short inter-commissure distance, or you might even have a yaw/cant of the maxilla so one side hides the back teeth. There are many reasons, is what I’m getting at.

Consider commisuroplasty after dental options get exhausted.

Thanks for the reply

Yeah i measured my second molars instaed of the first, my intercomissure distance isnt narrow at all so it might be the yaw/cant of the maxilla you mentioned

Im gonna go to an orthodontist soon to check this anyway so i hope my problem doesn't require any surgeries

 

[imontheloose]

Thanks for the reply

Yeah i measured my second molars instaed of the first, my intercomissure distance isnt narrow at all so it might be the yaw/cant of the maxilla you mentioned

Im gonna go to an orthodontist soon to check this anyway so i hope my problem doesn't require any surgeries

Orthos will diagnose this better. Wish you the best! <3