It's good to know, long term I think this is the way I will end up going. I need to fix my occlusion first I have had braces in for the past 12 months since my le fort 1 osteotomy. My orthodontist is only interested in straightening the teeth and not my bite I cannot touch my back teeth at all.
I had an alf appliance put in my upper palate to widen my upper arch as this was narrow, the dentist over expanded and has tilted every single one of my posterior teeth outwards and my bite is terrible, looking back I don't even think I needed expansion I think because I had a malocclusion class 3 the teeth did not line up and just looked like the upper teeth were narrow, it is very frustrating. I wish I could turn the clock back bastard dentists robbing f***ers!
Anyway now i'm going to have to find an occlusion expert who deals with a t-scan device and hopefully fix this and bring my teeth in for a correct bite, i'm just worried about tongue space and speech problems it may cause with lack of tongue movement. Least I know if there is a problem with this then if mommearts does do the widen of both upper and lower jaws then its something to fall back on. My Plan first is to get the occlusion done then have maxillomandibular advancement to help my airways first. Could be 3 ops altogether, great!! It's such a long and frustrating road.
Does anyone know if the tongue does not have much room due to a narrow upper arch i'e cannot touch the upper palette but the bite is correct does this cause speech problems or not? This is my biggest concern
