In short, I am 28years old, when I was 13/14 had unilateral extraction on maxila(right side) with braces. Ever since then I lack tongue space on that side and my palate feels odd and twisted. At the age of 21 I started to have bad back pain problems, developed scoliosis, later evolved into back pain+breathing problems, and now I even have stroke like feelings in the right side of my face.
I am hard mewing as much as I can for at least 4 months now, and mewing + mckenzie chin tucking proved me that it all started from my mouth/skull, as the mentioned things were the only thing giving me some stable relief of my problems. But the thing is those teeth on the right are really limiting the quality of my mew, and it is clear that I need help in creating more space in order to progress better.
I have contacted a few orthotropic clinics in Europe (I am from Croatia), as I really need professional help, but honestly I don't trust any process or any professional anymore before I do my own research. Also if someone can recommend and European expert I would be grateful.
So the thing I am boggled at this moment is... as I will create more space, the space where the missing tooth is should probably open (you can already see some space where it should be). So the question is IMPLANT or NO IMPLANT?
For a long time I was thinking about going implant, but as I thought about it more, I realized that implants are immovable objects, and that should be a problem by my logic... I mean I want help in creating more space so my tongue can do its work. I don't want to have a palate finally shaped by some devices, as I believe it is inferior to the perfect biological balance the tongue has to offer.
So the question is can implants interfere with the natural formation of teeth and the palate? as they are almost immovable. Your thoughts?
Here is a photo of my maxila
I don't think that implants shift from orthodontic treatment the way teeth will. My understanding is if someone who already has implants gets braces, they use the implants as anchors and shift the surrounding teeth to fit the position of the implants. What this means for orthotropic treatment is that implants won't realign themselves like real teeth to the pressures from occlusion, lips, tongue, etc. However, the implants wouldn't prevent skeletal changes. So you could still achieve palate expansion or shifting the maxilla with implants, but if those changes would cause the teeth to space out into the expanded arch, implants would stay anchored in place. If you want to get implants, I would recommend that you try to get as close to your goal for skeletal changes first and then use orthodontic techniques to open up the space where you want to put the implants. Dr. Mew seems to be against the idea of using implants to reverse extractions. In his Q/A video he advocates just bringing the existing dentition forward to fill the gaps. However, especially in cases where one side of the mouth has more teeth remaining than the other, I could see wanting to replace the extracted tooth with an implant for symmetry. I think another option to consider would be a bridge that removes enamel from the abutting vital teeth and then covers them with crowns attached to a fake tooth that fills in the gap of the extracted tooth without attaching to the bone like an implant. This would affix the orientation between the fake tooth and the two real adjacent teeth, but wouldn't lock them in place like an implant. All of these options have advantages and disadvantages.
I've always been skeptical of implants for the reasons you stated and for other reasons as well. I think you are right to question them.
Have you checked out the Q&A video of Mike Mew on this site? He talks about the idea of opening up spaces for teeth and why he doesn't like it. It's one of the first questions he answers. You should check it out.
Yep, I have a missing tooth in addition to the wisdom teeth and want to maybe get an implant when done with all this expansion business, or hopefully... maybe stem cell tooth technology will be out by then.
That said, anyone know some techniques/best practices for how to help slow and prevent bone loss after a tooth extraction? Would love to get some input on this, should be helpful for OP as well.
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