Evidently it is eminently possibly seeing as it exists in your mouth
*facepalm*, sorry, my bad.
The question here is not is it possible but how did this come about. Are all your teeth through? Any extractions? Got X rays?
I have never had any extractions of the permanent teeth. The incisors in my upper jaw are inclined to the outside. The maxilla is well developed (I think? p.s. what are the signs of an underdeveloped/overdeveloped maxilla?). In the upper jaw there is minimal crowding with enough space for the wisdom teeth which are growing normally. The lower mandible looks retruded when I bite on the molars and my face looks sunk in with dolphin lips. The lower mandible has moderate to somewhat severe crowding. One of the premolars on the left side of the mandible is very inclined towards the tongue which caused all of the teeth to shift towards that stupid molar, so the mid-line of one of my incisors meets the line between the upper incisors. The incisors and the canines are jammed together, so their is like 1 mm intersection with their's neighboring teeth. I have had this issue with lower crowding since I was 12-13. Weirdly enough, my mandible grew enough that there is space at the back for wisdom teeth and they are growing with no problems. I have no access to a camera at the moment, so bear with me.
Now, I have visited 3 orthodontics. The first said that I need to extract 4 teeth and have treatment for 4 years. I, of course, wanted to go through with it. But my mom thought it was expensive and unnecessary (My family uses food stamps, so no money). I am extremely lucky that I didn't go through with it because after that I started to read about the problems with extracting good teeth. I then went to a functional orthodontic who said that extractions were unnecessary. He said he would expand the upper jaw a little and fix the arch of the lower jaw which would add 6 mm and he would grind the extra millimeters needed from the enamel of the teeth. I didn't like the idea of grinding teeth. His treatment would cost around $7000 and take 2 years. I then looked for another functional orthodontic. He said the same things without the grinding teeth thing, except that he said he would shift my mandible forward due to TMD and discomfort with the current position. His treatment would cost $6000 and take 2 years. I am very sorry for the lengthy description. I am currently planning on saving money for the last guy. I am 18 from a lower class family, so this will take time. I am not doing this for aesthetics. I am doing this because of the discomfort I feel in my mouth that has been straining my facial muscles.
Right now, traditional orthodontics think fixing my teeth without either extraction or surgery is impossible. I, however, found scientific papers that say that treating borderline class II with herbst in young adults is possible. Extractions are a big no no. Surgery is too damn expensive for me. I just need your opinion guys
. I have no idea were to start to get real consultation. Most of these orthodontic visits had no actual examination done, no xrays; just rough estimations. I have very little money; anything you say will help.
TL;DR Bad teeth need fixing; huge discomfort in mouth; avoided extraction; thinking about doing functional orthodontics at 18; saving money because family is poor; needed to vent about s**tty jaws/teeth
