Hello,
I have a question. My bite is ok (although my palate is a bit narrow), but I have quite severe lip incompetence at rest (about 10 mm, showing mainly all of my lower incisors and a tiny bit of my uppers).
I went to a surgeon to ask what can be done about this. He said jaw surgery won't solve this problem for me, because I don't have a gummy smile so impaction won't help. And I don't have a severe overjet (4 a 5 mm), so a BSSO won't also really help me.
And he thinks a genio also won't help enough to fix a 10 mm interlabial gap and also won't make me more beautiful. My chin is a bit recessed, but I don't really care about that too much, it is just the lip incompetence that bothers me.
The surgeon thinks my lip incompetence is just a matter of habit, because it has been there all my life. But i have already been to an orofacial myologist and done heaps of lip exercises for but they didn't really help....
My question is: could my surgeon be right that there is not always a fix for lip incompetence?
Do you know whether there maqy be other options to cure lip incompetence, eg lip repositioning, botox ed?
Thank you very much for your input!
Anna
