Before
After
This young lady has suffered from a protrusion in her chin due to the advance of the lower jaw. This affected the way her teeth were placed in the frontal area, and this caused a front crossbite.
I explained to her that it is possible to treat her teeth only to improve her bite, but if she wants to correct the emergence of the chin, she needs surgery in addition. To straighten teeth - which is called orthodontic surgery - is what the patient insisted on.
The jaws are prepared by orthodontics and the teeth are aligned properly so that they mesh together properly when the surgeon moves the lower jaw back during the surgical procedure.
After the surgery, the braces were continued for only two months to get the best possible result, and then the braces were removed and our young reviewer was able to enjoy her distinctive and confident smile and the natural shape of her chin and lower jaw was restored.