foreveriqletsigma
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I am currently a young teen and the following contents of this thread will describe my plan for ascension involving orthodontic intervention. Please give suggestions and tips in regards to this plan. I have slight malocclusion, a narrow palate, and have maxillary and mandibular recession. Face-wise I have prominent nasolabial folds (or itachi lines as referred to on social media) with a flat midface and recessed chin. When under downlighting it becomes apparent that my frontal bone is further protruded than my midface and chin. The light shines onto my forehead and leaves shadows on the rest of my face. As for my plan for payment of this treatment currently working part-time at McDonald’s for $15.50 an hour. I believe that what is most suitable for my orthodontic plan is an MSE paired with a reverse-pull face-mask followed up with Damon braces. I am planning to visit airway orthodontics in Sweedsboro, NJ. I DMd the ortho on TikTok about the total cost of this treatment and they quoted around 15k to 20k. The main issue of this plan is my parents. My dad is skeptical of the MSE in addition to the pricing. He says he doesn’t want me to pay that much and that he trusts another orthodontist near me that we talked to previously (the ortho near me wanted a tooth-anchored palate expander with rubber bands). Also, my dad talks about his aunt and uncle who had a similar treatment with a skeletal-anchored palate expander that failed and had to be reversed despite me telling him that the failure was likely due to their age. Please respond with any suggestions. Thank you.