Can Face Shape Be Changed with Orthodontic Treatment? (Orthodontic Face Shape Changes)

Can face shape be changed with orthodontic treatment?

Orthodontic face shape changes

Face shape changes before and after orthodontic treatment

You can find positive reviews of orthodontic face shape changes, such as:

After orthodontic treatment, my face shape changed,

My face became slimmer,

My underbite or protruding mouth was improved,

But you can also often find negative reviews of orthodontic face shape changes, such as:

After orthodontic treatment, I look older,

My jaw got longer,

My wrinkles became more noticeable.

Can face shape really be changed with orthodontic treatment alone?

Gangnam Saero Dental Clinic will let you know.

✿Checkpoint✿ Face shape before and after orthodontic treatment

Cases where the face shape changes before and after orthodontic treatment are when the cause of the face shape, such as an underbite or protruding mouth, is limited to the oral structure, that is, the teeth and dental alignment.

In typical orthodontic cases, the cause of the face shape may be not the oral structure but the bones, muscles, or skin (flesh).

Because orthodontic treatment is a procedure that moves the teeth and dental alignment, it cannot reduce the size of or change the shape of areas unrelated to the teeth and dental alignment, such as the bones, muscles, or skin (flesh).

In such cases, surgery is recommended.

✿Checkpoint✿ Double jaw surgery

However, when visiting a plastic surgery clinic, there are not many places that readily recommend double jaw surgery.

The reason is that double jaw surgery is a major operation with high risk, and most of the causes that shape the face are not in the bones but elsewhere.

Of course, if the cause is the bones, then double jaw surgery is the only answer.

But even then, if it is a surgery performed solely for cosmetic purposes with no functional problem at all, double jaw surgery is recommended only when truly necessary, to the point that it is generally discouraged.

✿Checkpoint✿ Orthognathic orthodontics

Conversely, if the cause of the face shape lies only in the oral structure, that means face shape changes through orthodontic treatment are entirely possible, resulting in face shape changes before and after orthodontic treatment.

To avoid negative facial changes caused by orthognathic orthodontics, there must be an accurate understanding of the principles of orthodontics.

A treatment plan should be established while considering the overall skeletal structure, muscles, and skin so that there are no negative outcomes such as wrinkles, a longer jaw, or a peanut-shaped face.

In cases of protruding mouth or underbite, it is not enough to move only the teeth; posterior movement of the protruding upper jaw or lower jaw must be induced, and a precise judgment is also needed regarding whether tooth extraction is necessary.

✿Checkpoint✿ Orthodontic face shape changes

In summary,

face shape changes before and after orthodontic treatment,

orthodontic face shape changes,

require three things to come together harmoniously in order to produce positive results:

an accurate diagnosis of the cause,

a specialized treatment plan suited to it,

and follow-up care such as fine adjustments.

At Gangnam Saero Dental Clinic,

you can achieve your beautiful orthodontic face shape changes through Dr. Jeon Jae-min,

a specialist in orthognathic orthodontics,

a specialist in surgery-first orthodontics,

and the primary dentist for celebrity orthodontics.

Contact us now!