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Hi,
I’ve dealt with an irregular bite since I was a kid. My upper jaw never fully developed, making it too narrow, while my lower jaw grew out more than it should have.
It’s likely I spent years subconsciously chewing mostly on the right side, which ended up causing facial asymmetry. My chin is offset about 7mm to the left—essentially lateralgnathia, where the mandible shifts due to uneven development on one side.
I'm already planning to fix the protrusion via surgery within the next year or two.
My question is: for someone over 25, can facial exercises or simply correcting my chewing habits actually mitigate this, or would any non-surgical results be negligible?
I’ve dealt with an irregular bite since I was a kid. My upper jaw never fully developed, making it too narrow, while my lower jaw grew out more than it should have.
It’s likely I spent years subconsciously chewing mostly on the right side, which ended up causing facial asymmetry. My chin is offset about 7mm to the left—essentially lateralgnathia, where the mandible shifts due to uneven development on one side.
I'm already planning to fix the protrusion via surgery within the next year or two.
My question is: for someone over 25, can facial exercises or simply correcting my chewing habits actually mitigate this, or would any non-surgical results be negligible?