What age to do jaw surgery...

[KrissKross]

Is 18 too early. I’ve heard that mandible and stuff grows till 24-25. So what happens if you do jaw surgery and it keeps growing?

 

[DarknLost]

Is 18 too early. I’ve heard that mandible and stuff grows till 24-25. So what happens if you do jaw surgery and it keeps growing?

 

[mojopin]

Looks like bruxism tbh

 

[RichardSpencel]

6.

 

[Manlet3500]

Face is growing until you die, that's why you see that most old people have long midfaces.

Jaw surgery and braces have the same goal, however jaw surgery is applied when the problem is so severe that even braces can't change it.

 

[Coping]

Face is growing until you die, that's why you see that most old people have long midfaces.

Jaw surgery and braces have the same goal, however jaw surgery is applied when the problem is so severe that even braces can't change it.

Don’t think the actual midface grows with age, maybe philtrum a bit but it’s mostly the loss of bone mass/soft tissues/wrinkles that gives that appearance

 

[Deleted member 39]

20

 

[sorrowfulsad]

Jaw surgery is expensive as fuck and Id also wait to atleast 21 years old before you do it

 

[qwep]

Get xrays done. Wait a 1 year. Get another xray to see if the jaw has grown. If its changed wait another year, if not get surgery

 

[Kenma]

Is 18 too early. I’ve heard that mandible and stuff grows till 24-25. So what happens if you do jaw surgery and it keeps growing?

After you graduate college, before you join the professional world.

 

[Deleted member 206]

21