Will I ever be able to achieve any forward growth if I have retainers from invisalign?

[Drgo]

I'm very reccessed which makes me look hideous looking unless if I am jutting, jutting can make my proportions look normal but without jutting my head looks sqaure/oval like even tho I have a long midface so it's really bad.
I mouth tape at night and I chew mastic gum, will I be able to achieve any forward growth with my retainers on. I am 17, growthplates are closed, not sure how that corelates to my sutures tho.

 

[highschoolmaxxer]

Mastic gum wont do shit for forward growth.

Retainers have extremely little to no effect on jaw growth, just think about it biomechanically with your teeth and your jaw.

At your age, you can probably squeeze out 1-2mm of mandible (lower jaw) growth naturally, and your maxilla is almost 100% done growing. The only potential methods to achieve more forward growth would be jaw surgery, and maybe biobloc.

 

[Drgo]

Mastic gum wont do shit for forward growth.

Retainers have extremely little to no effect on jaw growth, just think about it biomechanically with your teeth and your jaw.

At your age, you can probably squeeze out 1-2mm of mandible (lower jaw) growth naturally, and your maxilla is almost 100% done growing. The only potential methods to achieve more forward growth would be jaw surgery, and maybe biobloc.

So my jaw will keep growing even with retainers? is 1-2mm significant? Also by forward growth do you mean stuff like my chin growing or actually my jaw moving forward?

 

[highschoolmaxxer]

So my jaw will keep growing even with retainers? is 1-2mm significant? Also by forward growth do you mean stuff like my chin growing or actually my jaw moving forward?

1-2mm is negligible. Yes it will keep growing. Your chin will not grow, your jaw will.

 

[blahblahblahblahbla]

Forward growth is unattainable once you're past like age 13. Anything you will be told is cope and doesnt work. The only way to actually achieve it is via jaw surgery, so you better start saving up boyo