I've heard pretty much nothing but bad things about extractions in cases where a bimax with no extractions is possible.
yeah, i'm going to voice in here and say no f**king way. problem is that when the retract the lower teeth to close the space, your tongue will have less space and possibly overlap the bottom teeth at rest. terrible idea.
I would be fine with extractions but I always read on here that extractions should always be avoided. Would I look significantly worse with the extractions?
The caveat is that the occlusion afterwards will never be perfect because the 1st lower jaw molar will oppose the 2nd and 1st upper jaw premolars as opposed to the big molar which it would normally. The 2nd upper jaw Molar will be left unsupported. The teeth definately won't be able to mesh as well as they normally would and this can cause problems if the tongue gets between them (tongue thrust) which can open up the lateral bite.