I have lower midline asymmetry... my chin
deviates to the left, and my whole mouth
looks skewed in relation to the rest of my
face.
I went to an orthodontist and he said i
have condylar hyperplasia, that one of my
condyles is bigger than the other. He
hasn't measured anything yet, he told me
this just by looking at my x-ray.
My teeth are crooked and i have some
crowding as well.
He said it would help me tremendously to
get braces, cause my asymmetry has a lot
to do with the way my teeth are meeting.
I have some popping on my right joint when
i yawn and sometimes when i eat. I'm
worried that with braces it will become
full blown tmj, cause right now it's just
annoying, it doesn't really hurt and i
haven't had a locked jaw or anything. My
neck muscles are a little sore, though,
but mostly only when i press on them. Is
there any way to be sure that getting
braces won't affect the joints
negatively?
He said that with just braces, and maybe
after a splint like thing ( i don't
remember what he called it) to level out
the difference in size of my condyles.
Does this sound logical?
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Tmddyan
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Posted: 04-22-08 15:35pm
i have this---i had surgery for it---thats
the treatment but try the braxs first
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