After the underbite correction with braces the midline is off
I sympathise with the problem. As you will both have been through so much you want a perfect result. It seems that this is a long way from what you wanted. However repeating the surgery would generally not be advisable and so you are left with making the best of this situation.
Appearance is very personal and ideas of attractive vary from one person to another. In principle I would prefer the appearance of a corrected facial profile with a shifted centre line to the other way round.
You could veneer the front teeth to give the appearance of correcting the profile or try another orthodontist.
However it seems likely that some form of comprimise will be required to get an acceptable result within a budget and time in the dentists chair.
Dr Rob Tennet
www.e-dentalpractice.co.uk
Thanks for the reply. Just to up date you – the swelling went down, after ten weeks with slow progress we had a week where it went down dramatically. Then the brace came off – suddenly the midline looked alot better, still a bit off centre but not so much. She now loves the result. I think she was struggling with the changes – the midline was off and there was swelling but I feel the main problem was psychological. If anyone asked me for advice about this sort of operation I would seriously suggest counselling as it is hard for a teenager to cope with such a big change in their appearance.
Thanks for the help.
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