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Two Jaw Surgery: Various types of malocclusion and treatments

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Hello, this is Faceline Plastic Surgery clinic. One of the common concerns and problems for those who come to counseling on two jaw surgery is malocclusion. Today, I'm going to explain what the malocclusion is and how we can improve it. Normally, normal occlusion is where the upper teeth slightly cover the lower teeth. If the lower teeth are protruded than the upper teeth, we call it cross bite, the upper and lower teeth are out of sync with each other are open, we call it open bite, and the upper and lower jaw teeth are generally called malocclusion as shown in the picture below. Malocclusion is one of the symptoms that must be improved because it can cause facial deformities and greatly affect people's impression, and also affect inconvenience ordinary daily lives such as eating meals. Malocclusion can be a genetic factor, but it can also be caused by bad living habits such as trauma, the environment, biting nails, or holding a chin. Sometimes, Peop