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Re: What I've Learnt (So Far) About Cranial Restructuring
« on: December 31, 2013, 05:45:11 am »



I have. The provider is a very friendly german woman. She sells at least two types of orthodontic equipment. One is a mouthguard (jaw shaper) which helps realign/broaden the dental arch by chewing. The other is a german style applience with manual screws. I tried both but didn't use them for too long since the jaw shaper hurt my gums and the pallate expander further misaligned my teeth.

My teeth where seriously f-ed up. I'm currently undergoing expansion with an ALF-orthodontist and I'm happy so far (I have upper and lower ALFs' aswell as bracers). I'm tracking my progress with photos and I still have 12 months to go.

I imagine that face pulling and self NCR are a whole different story than aligning teeth. If your only concern is widening of the palate/dental arch I'd say go for it. Unless your mouth also looks like a stack of matches on a crooked string. For me, my TMD got excabarated through self-treatment which ultimatly was a good thing since it forced me to get real help.

/Andreas

Do you know how you've come around to exacerbate your TMD?
Other than the one provided by Gaia, do you have any other website(s) that sell them palatal expanders? It seems people in Europe are much more aware of these kind of things.
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I believe it's because the device pushed my molars out to the side to the point where I suddey only had one small contact point on one side in my mouth. I've never had great molar support but after three months the only teeth that met where half of my upper and lower 6's.

I'm not saying it dosen't work. I'm just saying to be careful and that I myself choose to go the professional route when aligning teeth. There is a benefit to have someone experienced supervising your progress.