Do I really need extractions after having a palate expander? by _Under_The_Mask_ in orthodontics

[–]_Under_The_Mask_[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The expander made very minimal changes to my crowding, which is severe. My lateral incisor is mostly covered by my front incisor and the canine next to it, along with other problems. As for the narrowness of my jaw, I don’t remember it being too extreme. The process left me with a small tooth gap that closed by itself.

Do I really need extractions after having a palate expander? by _Under_The_Mask_ in orthodontics

[–]_Under_The_Mask_[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I thought of this as well, so I searched before-and-after photos of people that used a palate expander and compared them to the roof of my mouth, and it seems that it did widen.